Final Exam 500 ?'s Flashcards
- All of the following Left Ventricular wall segments may be evaluated in the parasternal long-axis view EXCEPT:
A. Basal anterior interventricular septum
B. Mid-anterior interventricular septum
C. Basal inferolateral wall
D. cardiac apex
D. cardiac apex
- All of following left ventricular wall segments may be evaluated in the parasternal short axis of the left ventricle at the level of the papillary muscles EXCEPT:
A. Anterior IVS
B. Anterior Wall
C. Anterolateral Wall
D. Cardiac Apex
D. Cardiac Apex
- All of the following wall segments may be visualized in the apical 4 chamber view EXCEPT:
A. Anterolateral Wall
B. Cardiac Apex
C. Anterior IVS
D. Lateral Wall of the RV
C. Anterior IVS
- All of the following wall segments may be visualized in the apical 2 chamber view EXCEPT:
A. Anterior Wall
B. Cardiac Apex
C. Inferior Wall
D. RVOT
D. RVOT
- The Crista Terminalis is found in the:
A. RA
B. LA
C. RV
D. LV
A. RA
- All of the following structures are located in the RA EXCEPT:
A. Eustachian Valve
B. Crista Terminalis
C. Thebesian Valve
D. Moderator Band
D. Moderator Band
- The moderator band is always located in the:
A. RA
B. LA
C. RV
D. LV
C. RV
- All of the following are true statements concerning the RV EXCEPT:
A. Heavily Trabeculated
B. Normal wall thickness is 0.3 to 0.5 cm
C. Normally forms the cardiac apex
D. Most anterior positioned cardiac chamber
C. Normally forms the cardiac apex
- All of the following are true statements concerning the LV EXCEPT:
A. Bullet shaped (Truncated ellipsoid)
B. Heavily Trabeculated
C. Top normal thickness is approximatels 1.0 cm
D. Contains two papillary muscle groups
B. Heavily Trabeculated
- The potential Space behind the left atrium where pericardial effusion could accumulate is the:
A. Sinus of Valsalva
B. Pleural potential space
C. Oblique Sinus
D. Transverse sinus
C. Oblique Sinus
- Increasing the pulsed wave doppler sample gate length will result in:
A. Increased peak velocity
B. Increased spectral broadening
C. Better determination of laminar flow
D. lower frame rates
B. Increased spectral broadening
- The sonographer may avoid PW doppler aliasing by all of the following techniques EXCEPT:
A. Increase the velocity scale
B. decrease the doppler transmit gain
C. Decrease image depth
D. Shift the zero baseline
B. Decrease the doppler transmit gain
- Which instrument control directly affects the dynamic range:
A. Transmit gain
B. TGC
C. Compression
D. image depth
C. Compression
- The image artifact associated with displaying double images of a structure due to the change in the direction of the sound beam is called:
A. Reverberation
B. Refraction
C. Acoustic shadowing
D. Range ambiguity
B. Refraction
- Agitated saline contrast may be used to evaluate all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Aortic regurg
B. Left to right ASD
C. TR
D, Patent foramen ovale
A. AR
- A maneuver which results in the decrease in venous return is:
A. Inspiration
B. Squatting
C. Straight leg raising
D. Valsalva
D. Valsalva
- The three two-D planes used to examine the heart with transthoracic echo are:
A. Parasternal, apical, subcostal
B. Long axis, short axis, 5 chamber
C. long axis, short axis, apical
D. Long axis, short axis, 4 chamber
D, Long axis, short axis, 4 chamber
- The measurement of the LVOT diameter during early ventricular systole is an important measurement in all of the following calculations EXCEPT:
A. SV
B. AVA
C. MVA
D. RVSP
RVSP.
- The preferred 2D view for determining the presence of bicuspid aortic valve is:
A. PLAX
B. PSAX AOV
C. Apical 5 chamber
D. Apical long axis
B. PSAX AOV
- All of the following may be evaluated with cardiac doppler in the apical 5 chamber view EXCEPT:
A. Valvular aortic stenosis
B. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
C. Discrete subaortic stenosis
D. Patent foramen ovale
D. Patent foramen ovale
- Conditions that may lead to clinical symptoms that mimic those with rheumatic mitral stenosis include:
A. Aortic Stenosis
B. Left Atrial myxoma
C. Pericaridal Effusion
D. Ventricular septal defect
B. Left atrial Myxoma
- The equation used in the cardiac catheterization laboratory to determine mitral valve area is the:
A. Gorlin
B. Bernoulli
C. Doppler
D. Continuity
A. Gorlin
- A strong indication for mitral stenosis on two-dimensional echocardiography is an anterior mitral valve leaflet that exhibits:
A. Coarse, chaotic diastolic motion
B. Diastolic doming
C. REverse doming
D. Systolic bowing
B. Diastolic doming
- Two-dimensional echocardiographic findings for rheumatic mitral stenosis include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Hockey-stick appearance of the anterior MV leaflet
B. Increased left atrial dimension
C. Reverse doming of the anterior MV leaflet
D. Thickened MV leaflets and subvalvular apparatus
C. Reverse doming of the anterior MV leaflet
- Critical mitral valve stenosis is said to be present if the mitral valve area is reduced to:
A.
A.
- A deceleration time of 800 msec was obtained by CW Doppler in a patient with rheumatic mtiral valve stenosis. The pressure half-time is:
A. 220 msec
B. 232 msec
C. 400 msec
D. 800 msec
B. 232 msec
- The classic description of the murmur of chronic mitral regurgitation is:
A. Holosystolic murmur heard best at the apex radiating to the axilla
B. Continuous machinery-like murmur
C. Systolic ejection murmur heard best at the right upper sternal border
D. Diastolic decrescendo murmur heard best at the left sternal border
A. Holosystolic murmur heard best at the apex radiating to the axilla
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging provides all of the following information in the evaluation of MR EXCEPT:
A. Regurgitant volume
B. Left ventricular volumes
C. Detailed visualization of the MV apparatus
D. Left ventricular mass
C. Detailed visualization of the MV apparatus
- In patients with significant MR, the CW Doppler tracing of the regurgitate lesion may demonstrate a(n):
A. Asymmetrical shape of the MR flow velocity spectral display
B. Jet area of
A. Asymmetrical shape of the MR flow velocity spectral display
- A color flow Doppler method for semi-quantitating MR is regurgitant jet:
A. Area
B. Height
C. Length
D. Turbulence
A. Area
- All of the following are true statements concerning MR EXCEPT:
A. MR may be acute, chronic or intermittent
B. MR may result in an increase in preload
C. Severity of MR is not affected by afterload
D. Regurgitant jet area, vena contracts width and proximal isovelocity surface area are recommended when determining severity
C. Severity of MR is not affected by afterload
- The complications of MVP include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Increased risk of infective endocarditis
B. Significant MR
C. MV repair and replacement
D. Valvular stenosis
D. Valvular stenosis
- A key word that is often used to describe the characteristics of the valve leaflets in MVP is:
A. Dense
B. Doming
C. Redundant
D. Sclerotic
C. Redundant
- MV chordal rupture usually results in:
A. Aortic regurgitation
B. Mitral regurgitation
C. Pulmonary regurgitation
D. Tricuspid regurgitation
B. Mitral regurgitation
- The etiology of aortic valve stenosis includes all the following EXCEPT:
A. Bacterial
B. Congenital
C. Degenerative
D. Rheumatic
A. Bacterial
- The murmur of aortic stenosis is described as:
A. Holosystolic murmur heard best at the cardiac apex
B. Holodiastolic decrescendo murmur heard best at the right sternal border
C. Systolic ejection murmur hear best at the right upper sternal border
D. Diastolic rumble
C. Systolic ejection murmur heard best at the right upper sternal border
- The pulse that is characteristic of significant valvular aortic stenosis is:
A. Pulsus alternans
B. Pulsus bisferiens
C. Pulsus paradoxus
D. Pulsus parvus et tardus
D. Pulsus parvus et tardus
- The aortic valve area considered critical aortic valve stenosis is:
A.
D. Less than/or equal to 0.75 cm squared
- The formula used to determine aortic valve area in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is the:
A. Bernoulli equation
B. Continuity equation
C. Doppler equation
D. Gorlin equation
D. Gorlin equation
- Pathologies that may result in a left ventricular pressure overload include all the following EXCEPT:
A. Discrete subaortic stenosis
B. MV stenosis
C. Systemic hypertension
D. Valvular aortic stenosis
B. MV stenosis
- The characteristic M-mode findings for aortic valve stenosis include all the following EXCEPT:
A. A lack of systolic flutter of the aortic valve leaflets
B. Diastolic flutter of the aortic valve leaflets
C. Reduced leaflet separation in systole
D. Thickening of the aortic valve leaflets
B. Diastolic flutter of the aortic valve leaflets
- Secondary echocardiograph if findings associated with severe valvular aortic stenosis include all the following EXCEPT:
A. Decreased left ventricular systolic function (late in course)
B. Left ventricular hypertrophy
C. Post-stenotic dilatation of the ascending aorta
D. Right ventricular hypertrophy
D. Right ventricular hypertrophy
- Cardiac Doppler parameters used to assess the severity of valvular aortic stenosis include all the following EXCEPT:
A. Aortic pressure half-time
B. Aortic velocity ratio
C. Mean pressure gradient
D. Peak aortic valve velocity
A. Aortic pressure half-time
- The echocardiographer may differentiate between the similar systolic flow patterns seen in coexisting severe aortic valve stenosis and MR by all the following EXCEPT:
A. Aortic ejection time is shorter than the MR time
B. MR flow always lasts until mitral valve opening, whereas aortic valve stenosis flow does not
C. Mitral diastolic filling profile should be present during recording of the MR, whereas no diastolic flow is observed in aortic valve stenosis
D. Since both are systolic flow patterns, it is not possible to separate MR from AS
D. Since both are systolic flow patterns, it is not possible to separate MR from AS
- All of the following are two-dimensional echocardiography findings in a patient with significant chronic AR EXCEPT:
A. Left atrial enlargement
B. Abnormal aortic valve or aortic root
C. Left ventricular enlargement
D. Hyperkinetic left ventricular wall motion
A. Left atrial enlargement
- Echocardiographic evidence of severe acute AR includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Premature closure of the MV
B. Premature opening of the aortic valve
C. Premature opening of the MV
D. Reverse doming of the anterior MV leaflet
C. Premature opening of the MV
- Holodiastolic flow reversal in the descending thoracic aorta and/or the abdominal aorta may be present in each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Severe AR
B. Severe MR
C. Patent ductus arteriosus
D. Aortopulmonary window
B. Severe MR
- Causes of anatomic TR include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Carcinoid heart disease
B. Ebstein’s anomaly
C. Infective endocarditis
D. Pulmonary hypertension
D. Pulmonary hypertension
- The murmur of TR is best described as a:
A. Holodiastolic murmur heard best at the lower left sternal border
B. Pansystolic murmur heard best at the lower left sternal border
C. Pansystolic murmur heard best at the cardiac apex with radiation to the Scilla
D. Systolic ejection murmur heard best at the upper right sternal border
B. Pan systolic murmur heard best at the lower left sternal border
- A TR peak velocity of 3.0 m/s is obtained. This indicates:
A. Mild TR
B. Moderate TR
C. Severe TR
D. Pulmonary hypertension
D. Pulmonary hypertension
- All of the following color flow Doppler findings indicate significant pulmonary regurgitation EXCEPT:
A. Wide jet width at origin
B. Jet width/right ventricular outflow tract width >70%
C. Holodiastolic flow reversal in the main pulmonary artery
D. Peak velocity of
D. Peak velocity of
- The most common symptom of infective endocarditis is:
A. Chest pain
B. Dyspnea
C. Orthopnea
D. Fever
D. Fever
- A patient with a history of intravenous drug abuse presents to the echo lab with complaints of fever, night sweats and weight loss. The most likely explanation is:
A. Congestive heart failure
B. Coronary artery disease
C. Infective endocarditis
D. Kawasaki disease
C. Infective endocarditis
- The classic manifestation of infective endocarditis is cardiac valve:
A. Vegetation
B. Doming
C. Sclerosis
D. Tumor
A. Vegetation
- The usual site of attachment for vegetation a on the MV and TV is the:
A. Annulus
B. Atrial side of the valve leaflets
C. Papillary muscles
D. Ventricular surface of the valve leaflets
B. Atrial side of the valve leaflets
- Which two cardiac valves need to be evaluated carefully in a patient with the Ross procedure?
A. MV and TV
B. AoV and PV
C. MV and AoV
D. AoV and TV
B. AoV and PV
- The primary disadvantage of the mechanical valve is:
A. Dehiscence
B. Pannus ingrowth
C. Thrombogenicity
D. Durability
C. Thrombogenicity
- The most common ball and cage valve is the:
A. Start-Edwards
B. Omniscience
C. St. Jude
D. Medtronic-Hall
A. Starr-Edwards
- The most common bileaflet tilting disc valve is the:
A. St. Jude
B. Starr-Edwards
C. Medtronic-Hall
D. Omniscience
A. St. Jude