Cardiovascular

Question 1

Most common etiology of coronary artery aneurysm

Answer 1

Atherosclerotic disease

Question 2

Most common cause of aneurysm in the pediatric population

Answer 2

Kawasaki disease

Question 3

Most common cause of coronary artery dissection

Answer 3

Percutaneous intervention (angioplasty)

Question 4

Most common cause of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (AKA left ventricular wall rupture)

Answer 4

Myocardial infarction

Question 5

Modality of choice for cardiac masses

Answer 5

Cardiac MRI

Question 6

Most common primary cardiac tumor

Answer 6

Myxoma

Question 7

Triad of myxoma

Answer 7

Intracardiac obstruction
Embolization of tumor
Constitutional symptoms

Question 8

Most common pericardial tumor in infancy

Answer 8

Teratoma

Question 9

Most commonly encountered AV fistula in the neonate

Answer 9

Vein of Galen malformation

Question 10

Most common primary tumors in infant and children

Answer 10

Rhabdomyoma

Question 11

Best modality to detect and evaluate papillary fibroelastoma

Answer 11

Echocardiography

Question 12

Second most common cardiac tumors in infants and children

Answer 12

Fibroma

Question 13

Most common cardiac mass found in the adult population

Answer 13

Metastatic disease

Question 14

Most common metastatic lesion to the heart

Answer 14

Lung cancer

Question 15

Most common primary malignant tumor of the heart

Answer 15

Sarcoma

Question 16

Most common differentiated cardiac sarcoma

Answer 16

Angiosarcoma

Question 17

Most common primary cardiac malignancy in childhood

Answer 17

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Question 18

Most common chamber location of cardiac lymphoma

Answer 18

Right atrium

Question 19

Most common intracardiac lesion

Answer 19

Thrombus

Question 20

Two most common normal anatomic structures that may appear tumor-like masses

Answer 20

Crista terminalis

Eustachian valve

Question 21

Most common cyanotic congenital heart disease

Answer 21

Tetralogy of Fallot

Question 22

Most common congenital valvular heart disease

Answer 22

Bicuspid aortic valve

Question 23

Most common valve disease, generally occurring in the elderly

Answer 23

Aortic stenosis

Question 24

Most common cause of severe nonischemic mitral regurgitation

Answer 24

Mitral valve prolapse

Question 25

Most common cause of congenital tricuspid regurgitation

Answer 25

Ebstein anomaly

Question 26

Most commonly involved valve in rheumatic heart disease

Answer 26

Mitral valve

Question 27

Most common cause of pericardial defect

Answer 27

Post-surgical

Question 28

Most common cause of pericardial tamponade

Answer 28

Effusion

Question 29

Most common type of interrupted aortic arch

Answer 29

Type B

Between left common carotid artery and subclavian origin

Question 30

Most common site of aortic pseudoaneurym

Answer 30

Aortic isthmus

Question 31

Most common sites of injury in acute traumatic aortic injury

Answer 31

Aortic root
Aortic isthmus

Much less commonly - diaphragmatic aortic hiatus