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CMC Cardiac Medicine Certification

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A nurse is planning to give pre-procedure teaching about the benefits of the procedure to a patient who is planned to undergo percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). What is the correct statement in this regard?
  1. Tell the patient that the stent helps to increase the coronary blood flow
  2. The procedure is done through one of the distal arteries; femoral, brachial or radial
  3. Balloon pressure is applied to the area of plaque formation to decrease plaque size and/or stretch the vessel wall
  4. Explain the patient that the goal of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is to increase blood flow to the coronary arteries by reducing plaque build-up. During the procedure a balloon is used to stretch the diseased coronary artery and a stent is placed after that.
Explanation
Answer- D - The correct statement in this regard is that the goal of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is to increase blood flow to the coronary arteries by reducing plaque build-up. The procedure involves the use of a catheter introduced through the femoral, brachial, or radial artery into the diseased coronary artery and balloon pressure is applied to the area of plaque formation to decrease plaque size and/or stretch the vessel wall. A stent is often placed after opening the vessels.
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