Wk 3 Terry Reynolds *endocarditis Flashcards
The M-mode appearance of mitral valve and aortic valve vegetations is described as:
A. Doming
B. Prolapsing
C. Shaggy
D. Relapsing
C. Shaggy
Complications associated with infective endocarditis that may be indications for surgery include all the following EXCEPT:
A. Congestive heart failure
B. Dyspnea
C. Myocardial or annular abscess
D. Recurrent systemic emboli
B. Dyspnea
Aortic ring abscess is usually caused by:
A. Infective endocarditis
B. Rheumatic fever
C. Valvular prolapsed
D. Valvular regurgitation
A. Infective endocarditis
The essential two-dimensional echocardiographic finding of valve ring abscess secondary to infective endocarditis may be best described as:
A. Echolucent
B. Hyperechoic
C. Pendunculated
D. Sessilea
A. Echolucent
The vegetation diameter as determined by two-dimensional echocardiography that is most often associated with systemic emboli is:
A. 3 mm
B. 5 mm
C. 7 mm
D. 10 mm
D. 10 mm
The usual site of attachment for vegetations on the mitral and tricuspid valves is the:
A. Annulus
B. Atrial side of the valve leaflets
C. Papillary muscles
D. Ventricular side of valve leaflet
B. Atrial side of the valve leaflets
A patient with a history of mitral valve prolapsed presents to the echocardiography laboratory with the 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
Infective endocarditis is a greater risk in patients with:
A. Atrial fibrillation
B. Coronary artery disease
C. Left ventricular aneurysm
D. Prosthetic heart valve
D. Prosthetic heart valve
The classic manifestation of infective endocarditis is cardiac valve:
A. Doming
B. Sclerosis
C. Tumor
D. Vegetation
D. Vegetation
The complications of infective endocarditis include all the following EXCEPT:
A. Congestive heart failure
B. Embolization
C. Valve ring abscess
D. Valvular prolapsed
D. Valvular prolapsed
The most common symptom of infective endocarditis is:
A. Chest pain
B. Dyspnea
C. Fever
D. Orthopnea
C. Fever
The smallest vegetation that transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography can detect is:
A. 1 mm
B. 2 mm
C. 3 mm
D. 4 mm
C. 3 mm
Possible causes of ruptured chordae tendineae of the mitral valve include all the following EXCEPT:
A. Carciniod heart disease
B. Infective endocarditis
C. Mitral valve prolapsed
D. Trauma
A. Carciniod heart disease
Possible etiologies for mitral regurgitation include all the following EXCEPT:
A. Mitral annulus calcification
B. Mitral valve endocarditis
C. Papillary muscle dysfunction
D. Pulmonary hypertension
D. Pulmonary hypertension
The most common etiology of acute aortic insufficiency is:
A. Aortic ballon valvuloplasty
B. Hypertension
C. Infective endocarditis
D. Rheumatic fever
C. Infective endocarditis
