ARDMS RVT EXAM 2026 QUESTION
COLLECTION PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND RESPONSE KEY
◉ Positive predictive value, and how to calculate. Answer: -
percentage of test results that accurately predict abnormality, or
what % correctly predicted disease.
- # of true positive test divided by # of all positive tests, or
TP/TP+FP
◉ Negative predictive value, and how to calculate. Answer: -
percentage of test results that accurately predict normality, or what
% correctly predicted absence of disease.
- # of true negatives divided by # of all negative tests, or TN/TN+FN
◉ Accuracy, and how to calculate?. Answer: - % of correct tests, or
how well does the test both detect and rule out disease.
- total # of correct tests divided by total # of all tests, or
TP+TN/TP+FP+FN+TN
◉ Brachiocephalic/ Innominate vien formed from confluence of?.
Answer: Subclavien and Internal jugular vein
, ◉ Vascular disease more common in women?. Answer: Takayasu's
arteritis-tennage to young women more common.
FMD- younger women.
Celiac band syndrome- young athletic women.
◉ Vascular disease more common in men?. Answer: Obliteritis
angitis(bergers disease)- younger <40 men, heavy smokers.
Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome- young athletic men.
◉ Celiac artery supplies blood to what organs?. Answer: Stomach,
liver, pancreas, duodenum, and spleen.
◉ Celiac artery branches into?. Answer: Left gastric, splenic,
common hepatic arteries.
◉ SMA supplies blood to what organs?. Answer: Small intestine,
cecum, ascending colon, part of transverse colon.
◉ SMA location?. Answer: 1cm distal to celiac artery.
◉ IMA supplies what organs?. Answer: Left half of transverse colon,
the descending, iliac, and sigmoid colon, and part of rectum
COLLECTION PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND RESPONSE KEY
◉ Positive predictive value, and how to calculate. Answer: -
percentage of test results that accurately predict abnormality, or
what % correctly predicted disease.
- # of true positive test divided by # of all positive tests, or
TP/TP+FP
◉ Negative predictive value, and how to calculate. Answer: -
percentage of test results that accurately predict normality, or what
% correctly predicted absence of disease.
- # of true negatives divided by # of all negative tests, or TN/TN+FN
◉ Accuracy, and how to calculate?. Answer: - % of correct tests, or
how well does the test both detect and rule out disease.
- total # of correct tests divided by total # of all tests, or
TP+TN/TP+FP+FN+TN
◉ Brachiocephalic/ Innominate vien formed from confluence of?.
Answer: Subclavien and Internal jugular vein
, ◉ Vascular disease more common in women?. Answer: Takayasu's
arteritis-tennage to young women more common.
FMD- younger women.
Celiac band syndrome- young athletic women.
◉ Vascular disease more common in men?. Answer: Obliteritis
angitis(bergers disease)- younger <40 men, heavy smokers.
Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome- young athletic men.
◉ Celiac artery supplies blood to what organs?. Answer: Stomach,
liver, pancreas, duodenum, and spleen.
◉ Celiac artery branches into?. Answer: Left gastric, splenic,
common hepatic arteries.
◉ SMA supplies blood to what organs?. Answer: Small intestine,
cecum, ascending colon, part of transverse colon.
◉ SMA location?. Answer: 1cm distal to celiac artery.
◉ IMA supplies what organs?. Answer: Left half of transverse colon,
the descending, iliac, and sigmoid colon, and part of rectum
