Question 1

can children have coronary artery disease?

Accepted Answer

Yes: With explosion of obesity in children, early coronary plaque is possible by their 18th birthday.

Question 2

what is an arterial spasm?

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Muscle contraction: Our arteries are lined on the inside with muscle.  When this muscle contracts and stays like that it can narrow the diameter of the artery.

Question 3

how serious is an arterial injury?

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Could be bad: If you injure artery in the neck, such as carotid or vertebral dissection, could lead to stroke.  If you injure the largest artery, and burst the aorta, it's death.  If you lacerate an artery, bleeding may be intense.  So, varies, and if you experience bright red bleeding, it may well be arterial in origin.

Question 4

what is done for an arterial occlusion?

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3 Options: 1)  mechanically remove the clot in an interventional procedure
2)  dissolve the clot using "lytic" medications
3)  do nothing and just try to keep more clots from forming with Heparin or a heparin-like compound.

Those are usually the 3 options.  Specific choice depends on dozens of individual factors.

Question 5

how frequently do arterial clots return?

Accepted Answer

Depends: This is very difficult to answer with out more information.  What type of arterial clot are you talking about?

Question 6

what does it mean if your arterial pressure is too high?

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Hypertension: It means you have high blood pressure.

Question 7

are pco2 and paco2 interchangeable? i understand paco2 to denote arterial measurement. but what is the difference if any?

Accepted Answer

PCO2: pCO2 is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide and gives no information as to where the measurement (or calculation) is being made. "a" is arterial, "v" is venous, "et" is end tidal, and "e" is expired, "A" is alveolar, and "i" is inspired but without the qualifier the location depends on the context. Most of the time arterial is what is being referred to.

Question 8

when i test my arterial pression, i get sometime very diferent data with only laps of few minutes. i tried with several tensometer. how to know which ?

Accepted Answer

Best with manual cuf: Use a manual manometer.  Check at spe ific times.

Question 9

what is done for an arterial blockage to the kidney?

Accepted Answer

Depends on degree: It depends on the degree of renal artey stenosis. For mild -diet and nutrition. For moderate-acei/arb+diuretic+statin; for severe angioplasty dilatation or with stent  or atherectomy or bypass. The surgical option is not done as much it used to be in the past as medical and surgical survival is getting same. Please see your doctor and good luck.

Question 10

what is arterial femoral runoff  and what is involved. i have to under go this at the va on :     03/25/14i and was wondering.

Accepted Answer

Invasive exam: Not to be ugly, but if you don't understand this procedure before undergoing said procedure, you need more and better information from your md or find another md.

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