Parasternal views practice quiz

Question 1

What position should the patient typically lay in to obtain the left parasternal views?

Semi-fowler

Supine

right lateral decubitus

left lateral decubitus

Answer 1

left lateral decubitus

Question 2

What structures are visualised in the left parasternal long axis view of the left ventricle?

Mitral valve

Right ventricular inflow tract

Left ventricular outflow tract

Left atria

Answer 2

Mitral valve

Left ventricular outflow tract

Left atria

NOT RVIT

Question 3

What left ventricle wall is visualised in the left parasternal long axis view of the left ventricle?

Lateral

Inferior

Anterior

Posterior

Answer 3

Posterior

Question 4

What anatomical structure is best visualised from the high left parasternal view?

Left ventricle

Proximal ascending aorta

Right ventricular outflow tract

Left atria

Answer 4

Proximal ascending aorta

Question 5

What normal variants can be seen in the right atria from the right ventricular inflow tract view?

Eustachian valve

Chiari network

Moderator band

Atrial appendage

Answer 5

Eustachian valve

Chiari network

Question 6

What is the probe movement to obtained the parasternal short axis from the parasternal long axis view of the left ventricle?

90 degrees clockwise

45 degrees clockwise

90 degrees anti-clockwise

45 degrees anti-clockwise

Answer 6

90 degrees clockwise

Question 7

In the left parasternal long axis view of the left ventricle, the left ventricle should
Correct answer:
be…………………………………
to the sound beam and

………………..
in the sector.

Answer 7

perpendicular AND Horizontal

Question 8

The interatrial septum can be best visualised in which of the following parasternal views?

Parasternal long axis of the right ventricular inflow tract

Parasternal short axis of the mitral valve

Parasternal short axis of the aortic valve

Parasternal long axis of the left ventricl

Answer 8

Parasternal short axis of the aortic valve