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CCI - RVS Exam Prep Questions With
Correct Detailed Answers
Which of the following is NOT considered a risk factor for artherosclerosis?
a) hypertension
b) female gender
c) diabetes mellitus
d) lipoprotein abnormalities
e) tobacco use - correct-answer -b) female gender
Which of the following is NOT true regarding atherosclerosis?
a) Atherosclerosis starts as a breakdown of the intima.
b) Atherosclerosis usually develops at bifurcations.
c) Atherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease.
d) Atherosclerosis is a generalized disease.
e) Intimal damage/repair may begin in adolescence. - correct-answer -c)
artherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease.
A left arm blood pressure that is 40 mmHg lower than the right can be the result
of any of the following EXCEPT:
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a) thoracic outlet entrapment
b) subclavian steal
c) coarctation of the aortic arch
d) axillary artery embolus
e) innominate artery occlusion - correct-answer -e) innominate artery occlusion
Which of the following anatomic lesions can produce a vertebral steal?
a) innominate artery occlusion
b) left subclavian artery origin stenosis
c) left vertebral artery stenosis
d) right common carotid artery occlusion
e) right axillary artery occlusion
f) d and e
g) a and b - correct-answer -g) a and b
After carotid bifurcation disease, the next most common source of stroke
symptoms is:
a) cardiac-source embolization
b) paradoxical embolizations from DVT via patent foramen ovale
c) spinal stenosis
d) subclavian stenosis
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e) aortic dissection - correct-answer -a) cardiac-source embolization
A 24-year-old patient with a history of recent automobile accident arrives in the
ICU with symptoms of acute right-side weakness and aphasia. The most likely
etiology of these symptoms is:
a) carotid dissection
b) cerebral aneurysm rupture
c) severe internal carotid artery stenosis
d) ebolic activity from cardiac mural thrombus
e) thrombocytopenia - correct-answer -a) carotid dissection
The term hemiparesis means:
a) paralysis of one side
b) weakness of one side
c) numbness/tingling on one side
d) spasm of voluntary muscle on one side
e) dizziness - correct-answer -b) weakness on one side
The NASCET (North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial) used the
following arteriographic criterion/criteria to classify internal carotid artery
disease:
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a) Area and diameter stenoses calculated by dividing the minimal area and
diameter at the internal carotid artery by the area and diameter at the common
carotid artery.
b) Area percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal area by the original
area at the site of stenosis.
c) Diameter percentage stensosis calculated by dividing the minimal diameter by
the original diameter at the site of stensosis
d) Diameter percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal diameter by
the diameter of the un=stenosed distal internal carotid artery.
e) Area percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal area by the normal
area of the distal internal carotid artery. - correct-answer -d) Diameter percentage
stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal diameter by the diameter of the
un=stenosed distal internal carotid artery.
All of the following may represent symptoms from the brain stem or posterior
circulation EXCEPT:
a) dizziness
b) vertigo
c) ectasia
d) syncope
e) amaurosis fugax - correct-answer -e) amaurosis fugax
CCI - RVS Exam Prep Questions With
Correct Detailed Answers
Which of the following is NOT considered a risk factor for artherosclerosis?
a) hypertension
b) female gender
c) diabetes mellitus
d) lipoprotein abnormalities
e) tobacco use - correct-answer -b) female gender
Which of the following is NOT true regarding atherosclerosis?
a) Atherosclerosis starts as a breakdown of the intima.
b) Atherosclerosis usually develops at bifurcations.
c) Atherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease.
d) Atherosclerosis is a generalized disease.
e) Intimal damage/repair may begin in adolescence. - correct-answer -c)
artherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease.
A left arm blood pressure that is 40 mmHg lower than the right can be the result
of any of the following EXCEPT:
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a) thoracic outlet entrapment
b) subclavian steal
c) coarctation of the aortic arch
d) axillary artery embolus
e) innominate artery occlusion - correct-answer -e) innominate artery occlusion
Which of the following anatomic lesions can produce a vertebral steal?
a) innominate artery occlusion
b) left subclavian artery origin stenosis
c) left vertebral artery stenosis
d) right common carotid artery occlusion
e) right axillary artery occlusion
f) d and e
g) a and b - correct-answer -g) a and b
After carotid bifurcation disease, the next most common source of stroke
symptoms is:
a) cardiac-source embolization
b) paradoxical embolizations from DVT via patent foramen ovale
c) spinal stenosis
d) subclavian stenosis
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e) aortic dissection - correct-answer -a) cardiac-source embolization
A 24-year-old patient with a history of recent automobile accident arrives in the
ICU with symptoms of acute right-side weakness and aphasia. The most likely
etiology of these symptoms is:
a) carotid dissection
b) cerebral aneurysm rupture
c) severe internal carotid artery stenosis
d) ebolic activity from cardiac mural thrombus
e) thrombocytopenia - correct-answer -a) carotid dissection
The term hemiparesis means:
a) paralysis of one side
b) weakness of one side
c) numbness/tingling on one side
d) spasm of voluntary muscle on one side
e) dizziness - correct-answer -b) weakness on one side
The NASCET (North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial) used the
following arteriographic criterion/criteria to classify internal carotid artery
disease:
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a) Area and diameter stenoses calculated by dividing the minimal area and
diameter at the internal carotid artery by the area and diameter at the common
carotid artery.
b) Area percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal area by the original
area at the site of stenosis.
c) Diameter percentage stensosis calculated by dividing the minimal diameter by
the original diameter at the site of stensosis
d) Diameter percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal diameter by
the diameter of the un=stenosed distal internal carotid artery.
e) Area percentage stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal area by the normal
area of the distal internal carotid artery. - correct-answer -d) Diameter percentage
stenosis calculated by dividing the minimal diameter by the diameter of the
un=stenosed distal internal carotid artery.
All of the following may represent symptoms from the brain stem or posterior
circulation EXCEPT:
a) dizziness
b) vertigo
c) ectasia
d) syncope
e) amaurosis fugax - correct-answer -e) amaurosis fugax
