Samplex 2014 Set A Flashcards
This type of congenital heart disease is usually seen in patients with congenital rubella syndrome:
a. PDA
b. ASD
c. VSD
d. Lutembacher’s syndrome
A
Common atrioventricular septal defect is usually seen in patients with:
a. Congenital rubella syndrome
b. Trisomy 21
c. Eisenmengerization syndrome
d. Marfan’s syndrome
B
A 22/M consults at your clinic with typical Marfanoid habitus. The following classical findings are usually seen in patients with Marfan’s syndrome except:
a. Arm span longer than the height of the patient
b. Lens dislocation
c. PDA
d. Aortic insufficiency
C
The following are components of Pentalogy of Fallot except:
a. Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction
b. Right ventricular hypertrophy
c. Anomalous pulmonary venous return
d. ASD
e. VSD
f. Overriding aorta
C
The 3rd trimester and the period immediately prior to labor are the most crucial periods among pregnant women with cardiac conditions because of a number of physiologic alterations during these times. The following parameters are increased during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy except:
a. Total blood volume
b. Peripheral vascular resistance
c. Stroke volume
d. Diastolic BP
e. B only
f. B and D
F
The following are correctly paired except
a. Definite IE: 2 major criteria, 1major and 2 minor criteria, 5 minor criteria of Dukes criteria
b. Definite IE: cultures of peripheral emboli consistent with organisms implicated on IE
c. Probable IE: 1 major and 1 minor criteria, 3 minor criteria
d. Rejected IE: alternative diagnosis more likely, histopathology and cultures of vegetation/emboli not consistent with endocarditis
e. Rejected IE: fever lyses 3-4 days antibiotic therapy
A
The most common cause of prosthetic valve IE
D
What is the most common predisposing condition for native valve endocarditis?
a. Congenital heart disease
b. Mitral valce prolapsed
c. RHD
d. IV drug use
C
Which among these patients should receive IE prophylaxis?
a. Patients with MVP undergoing diagnostic bronchoscopy
b. Patient with unrepaired cyanotic heart disease undergoing dental extraction
c. Patient with isolated secundum ASD for esophagogastroduodenoscopy
d. Patient with cardiac pacemaker for colonoscopy
B
The following can be considered as minor criteria in the diagnosis of IE except:
a. Predisposing heart condition
b. IV drug use
c. Janeway lesions
d. Oslers nodes
e. Fever>38.2
f. Glomerulonephritis
E
What is the hallmark of mitral stenosis on 2D echo?
A. Commisural fusion of the mitral leaflets
B. Anterior doming motion of the anterior leaflet on diastole
C. Mean gradient of greater than 5 mm Hg
D. Calcified mitral leaflets
A
Differentials for diastolic murmur heard at apex?
A. Tricuspid stenosis
B. Austin-flint murmur
C. Mitral stenosis
D. tumor plop
C
What happens to the click of mitral valve prolapse when a patient inhales?
A. It increases in intensity
B. It decreases in intensity
C. It occurs earlier
D. It occurs later
C
Which of the following pathological finding would you expect in a patient with aortic stenosis?
a. Left ventricular dilatation
b. Left ventricular hypertrophy
c. Dilated left atrium
d. Multiple chamber dilatation
B
Which of the following is most commonly affected in RHD?
A. mitral valve
B. Aortic valve
C. tricuspid valve
D. Pulmonary valve
A