PTE Masters Practice Question Material Flashcards
Most common pathologic finding in patients with MVR 2/2 degenerative MV disease?
posterior leaflet prolapse
What are the three leaflets of the tricuspid valve?
What is above the junction of septal and posterior leaflets?
What is labeled as 1-4?
Anterior, Posterior, Septal Leaflets
Coronary sinus and then IVC
what is the formula for axial resolution?
1/2 spatial pulse length
Another word for Azimuthal resolution?
Lateral resolution
What is duty factor?
a unitless number which describes the amount of time that the ultrasound machine is producing sound. The percent of βOnβ time
What are structures 1-5?
What structure runs under the left atrial appendage?
1 - Inferior Wall
2 - Anterior Wall
3 - Circumflex Coronary Artery
4 - Left Atrial Appendage
5 - Left Atrium
What does a low pass filter do?
When is it used?
Filters out high velocities.
Used in tissue doppler
What is the grading system for hypokinesis/akinesis/dyskinesis?
Grade 1 - Normal with endocardial thickening > 30 %
Grade 2 - Slightly decreased with endocardial thickening 10-30%
Grade 3 - Severe hypokinesis with endocaradial thickening < 10%
Grade 4 - Akinesis with absolutely no endocardial thickening
Grade 5 - Dyskinesis (outward endocardial movement during systole with thinning of the wall during systole.
Why does TEE underestimate 3D volumes compared to cardiac MRI?
TEE does not visualize the apex well
How to tell a pseudoaneurysm vs a true aneurysm?
Pseudoaneurysm: Abrupt transition, acute angle, narrow neck, ratio of neck diameter to aneurysm diameter < 0.5
Aneurysm: Gradual tapered transition, wide angle, wide neck, Ratio of neck diameter to aneursym diameter > 0.5
What two arteries might supply the inferiolateral wall?
RCA or Cx
Cuttoffs for degree of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in men and women?
See Attached Image
What is an enhancement artifact?
Occurs when ultrasound travel through a medium with a lower rate of attenuation than the surrounding soft tissue.
Happens in LV because blood in Left ventricle has lower acoustic impedance than surrounding soft tissue.
Other name for comet tail artifact?
Ring Down artifact, Reverberation artifact.
What view allows visualization of cross sectional view of the superior vena cava?
Midesophageal Ascending aortic short axis view.
What view can the pulmonary artery bifurcation be seen in?
Midesophageal Ascending Aortic Short Axis View
Over what velocities in the Left Atrial Appendage is a thrombus unlikely?
Above 40-45 cm/sec
NPV of 100% if velocity > 55 cm/sec
What are the cutoffs for pericardial effusion sizes for mild moderate severe?
Which ASD is associated with mitral valve prolapse?
Ostium Secundum
Which ASD is associated with trisomy 21?
Ostium Primum
Which ASD is associated with anomalous pulmonary venous return?
Sinus Venosus
Which ASD is associated with a persistent left superior vena cava?
Coronary Sinus
What is Annulus Reversus?
What does it occur in?
Septal eβ > lateral eβ
Happens in constrictive pericarditis because the lateral mitral annulus has been βtetheredβ by the constricting pericardium
What pressure does mitral peak A wave velocity correlate with?
LVEDP
What LA max volume index supports the diagnosis of elevated left atrial pressure?
> 34 ml/m2
Does percutaneous coronary revascularization increase risk of post infarct VSD?
No. It has been shown to decrease risk of rupture.
Risk factors for increase risk of mechanical complications (Rupture of free wall, septum, or papillary muscle rupture) following MI?
Absence of collateral flow
Large infarct size
No prior angina or MI
ST segment elevation of Q wave development on initial EKG
Peak CK MB > 150 international units/L
Age > 70
Female gender
Anterior location of infarction
Abscense of beta blockers
In a ME 4 chamber name the leaflets of the tricuspid valve.
Septal leaflet next to septum
Anterior or posterior leaflet next to free wall depending on where it is being sliced through
Another name for damping material?
Backing material
What happens to spacial pulse length due to damping?
Decreased spatial pulse length
What is the Q factor? What does damping do to it?
Q factor = resonant frequency/bandwidth. Damping decreases Q factor.
What is the material of most Piezoelectric cyrstals?
Lead Zirconate Titanate
What is the temperature at which a crystal looses its function?
Curie temperature (not the critical temperature)
What determines the pulsed-wave ultrasound beam frequency?
What determines the frequency of a continuous wave ultrasound beam?
Thickness of a piezoelectric crystal and the velocity of sound through the crystal.
For continuous wave it is the electrical frequency of the excitation voltage applied to the crystal.
What are the two variables for acoustic impedance?
Impedance = density * velocity
What are acceptable pressure gradients across the PA anastomosis is acceptable following a lung transplant?
Pulmonary venous anastomosis diameter?
Peak systolic pulmonary venous velocity?
20 mmHg
> 0.5 cm
< 100 cm/sec
What is the frequency range of most echocardiography machines?
2-10 MHz
What is the left atrial appendage velocity for 100% negative predictive valve for thrombus?
55 cm/sec
What is the formula for resonant frequency (RF) of the piezoelectric crystal?
RF = V/2T
V is velocity of sound in crystal
T is thickness of crystal.
How to distinguish between constrictive and restrictive pericarditis?
normal or elevated propagation velocity Vp on color M-mode
Are Tissue doppler velocities of the lateral mitral annulus affected by loading conditions?
No
What are 1-3 in image?
- Pulmonic Valve
- Aorta
- Innominate Vein - brachiocephalic vein
What is a Cor Triatriatum Sinister?
is a rare congenital condition in which the left atrium is subdivided by a fibromuscular membrane into two distinct chambers, a posterosuperior and anteroinferior chamber.
What is Cor Triatriatum Dexter?
right atrium is divided into two chambers by a membrane
What is the primary form of attenuation in soft tissue?
Absorption which accounts for > 80% of attenuation in soft tissue.
Explain the anatomy of a Fontan in terms of blood flow
What is a chiari network associated with?
PFO and paradoxical embolism
Is Right atrial diastolic collapse alone consistent with pericardial tamponade?
No
What are the three diseases on a continuum of cardiac eosinophilia?
Hypereosinophilic syndrome, endomyocardial fibrosis, and loffler endocarditis.
Most common location of traumatic aortic injury?
Aortic Isthmus which is the insertion of the ligamentum arteriosum near the left subclavian artery.
What is 1-3?
- Pulmonic Valve
- Aorta
- Innominate Vein (Brachiocephalic Vein)
What refers to the strength of an ultrasound beam and itβs ability to cause cavitation of bubbles?
Mechanical Index of an ultrasound.
Left Ventricular Non-compaction has what ratio of non-compacted to compacted myocardium?
2:1 at end systole in the TTE parasternal Short axis view.
What % of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have LVOT obstruction?
25%
Normal LV Dp/dt?
1610 +/- 290 mmHg/sec
Which walls are most involved with Left Ventricular Noncompaction?
Apical and Mid Inferior, inferiolateral and anteriolateral.
What is the most common Primary Malignant Cardiac tumor?
Most common primary malignant cardiac tumor in children?
Most common benign cardiac tumor?
Angiosarcoma
Rhabdomyoma
Myxoma
What is the cutoff for aneurysmal interatrial septum diagnosis in setting of bulging of septal plane in setting of absence of chronically elevated left and right atrial pressures?
> 15 mm
Which wall is usually spared in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Basal inferolateral wall
What are the indications for surgery on HOCM?
LVOT obstruction with resting peak instantaneous gradient of > 30 mmHg
Angina/Dyspnea, and or syncope resulting in significant impairement in quality of life
Persistent symptoms despite appropriate medical treatment.
What is the blood flow in D-TGA?
What about L-TGA?
D-TGA there are two circuits
RA to TV to RV to aortic valve to aorta. Then also Pulmnoary vein to LA to MV to LV to Pulmonic Valve to pulmonary artery to lungs to pulmnoary veins and then back to LA
L-TGA there is one circuit
RA to MV to LV to Pulmonic valve to PA to Lungs to Pulmonary veins to LA to TV to RV to Aorta.
What is the surgical repair of D transposition of the great arteries?
Jatene Procedure.
What is a normal pulmonary vein flow velocity stay under?
< 1 m/s
What is the 3 beat rule?
If contrast is in LA within 3 beats following release of positive pressure breath than it is positive and shunt present
What problem may be expected in TOF repaired patient when they are an adult?
RV volume overload due to severe pulmonic insufficiency.
Valve destroyed in transannular patch repair of RV outflow tract.
What Ar-A duration indicates an increased LVEDP?
Ar-A duration > 30 milliseconds
Under what LA volume Index is LV relaxation likely normal or impaired?
< 34 ml/m2
what parameter of sound wave is determined by both source and the medium through which it travels?
Wavelength
What is annulus Reversus?
Where the septal eβ > lateral eβ
As in constrictive pericarditis