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Cardiac-Vascular Nursing Exam Prep II

Category - AACN Cardiac Vascular Nursing Practice Test

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A 72-year old male patient has been diagnosed to have peripheral arterial disease. What are the contraindications of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the lower extremity in this patient?
  1. Hypertensive patients of poor ventricular function
  2. Patients having dyslipidemia
  3. Medically unstable, diabetic patient, long arterial occlusion, poor distal run off
  4. Patient who has undergone coronary angioplasty
Explanation
Answer- C - Contraindications of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the lower extremity are:
•Medically unstable patients
•Patients having long arterial occlusions
•Patients having poor distal run off
•Diabetic patients
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