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A b-bump on the MV m-mode is associated with?

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Increased LV end diastolic pressure

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Diastolic collapse of RV wall means?

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Tamponade

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What is the drug Adriamycin given to patients for?

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Cancer treatment

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Patients receiving the drug Adriamycin are often referred to the echo lab for?

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Evaluation of LV function

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After a patient had a mitral commissurotomy, which of the following will be seen on echo?

  1. Valve will still look rheumatic
  2. Mitral motion will look normal
  3. E-F slope will decrease
    4.a mitral wing will look bright
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  1. Valve will still look rheumatic
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What is a MV commissurotomy? What does it treat? And what will it look like on echo?

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  1. It’s a surgery to repair Mitral stenosis
    It will still look rheumatic on echo
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What is a surgery to repair mitral stenosis?

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MV commissurotomy

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In a patient with IHSS?

  1. LV posterior wall to septal wall ratio is > 1.3
  2. Aortic valve will show mid diastolic closure
  3. MR is present
    3 SAM of MV will decrease will vaslsalva
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  1. MR is present
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What’s a normal PR interval?

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0.12-0.20 seconds

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A PR interval longer than 0.20 seconds is called?

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1st degree heart block

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During the Q-T interval what is occurring ?

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The atria are filling

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Which of the following does not usually happen with left heart failure?

  1. Fall in cardiac output
  2. Fall in aortic pressure
  3. Elevation of LV pressure
  4. Elevation of pulmonary venous pressure
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  1. Fall in aortic pressure e
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Which is not a common symptom of congestive heart failure?

  1. DOE
  2. Pedal edema
  3. Syncope
  4. Orthopena
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  1. Syncope
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Long standing MS usually leads to?

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CHF

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In Aortic stenosis the ____ pressure exceeds that of the____

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LV systolic pressure exceeds the aorta

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A patient with a left atrial myxoma may have symptoms similar to?

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MS

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What is Amyl Nitrate given for inhalation for?

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Fo relief pain of angina attacks

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When amyl nitrate is given to a patient with HOCM it’s likely to?

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Increase SAM of the mitral valve

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True or false- the size of an aneurysm decreases in systole.

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False

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When ultrasound waves travel through a medium which contains many small scatters ( RBC’s) the amount of sound that’s scattered would?

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Increase sharply with increasing frequency

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With phased array transducers, the transmitted sound beam is swept by?

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Varying the timing of pulses to the transducer elements

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During isovolmetric contraction the ____ in the LV _____ and no valves are open

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Pressure ; increases

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Myocardial blood flow is most predominant during which phase of the cardiac cycle ?

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Diastole

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Myocardial blood flow returns to the right atrium via the?

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Coronary sinus

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A ventricular premature beat originates in?
Ectopic focus
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A ventricular premature beat originates in?
Ectopic focus
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A cracked transducer face can lead to what dangerous situation?
Electrical shock
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The Doppler shift frequency from moving reflectors is the ___ between the ___ and ___ ultrasonic frequencies.
Difference ; transmitted and received
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What’s axial resolution?
The ability to see 2 structures side by side as separate and distinct when parallel to the beam
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What’s axial resolution?
The ability to see 2 structures side by side as separate and distinct when parallel to the beam
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To improve axial resolution of a transducer, the manufacturer must? - curve the crystal -Decrease damping - shorten the pulse - decrease the diameter
Shorten the pulse
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Shortening the pulse of a transducer does what?
Improve axial resolution
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If the distance to the reflector doubles, the time between pulse transmission and echo detection at the transducer:
Doubles
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The eustchaian valve is a normal valve of the ___ and commonly seen in the ____view
IVC; subcostal
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RV systolic pressure may be predicted by?
Continuous wave of Doppler TR
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True or false- mvp is a common finding in HOCM
False
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Sequentially activating a series of adjacent crystals to ambulate the ultrasound beam is an email of?
A phased array transducer
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In a normal newborn the RV free wall is what size?
2-4mm
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True or false- pulmonary Artesia with a intact IVS is associated the over riding of the aorta
False
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Is coronary artery disease increase risk for endicarditis?
No
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If the patients pulmonic valve, annulus, trunk are excised and relocated to the aortic position what type of valve do they have?
Autograft
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What is the normal PHT for a mitral prosthetic valve?
<170msec
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The sac that surrounds the heart is?
Fibrous pericardium
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The posterior descending artery is a branch of which coronary artery in the majority of people?
Right
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A pericardiectomy id the treatment of choice for?
Constrictive pericarditis
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Psuedsoaneurysms of the LV have one feature that make them surgical emgerices like?
High rate of rupture
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What can cause a friction rub?
Pericarditis
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The size of LV aneurysms during systole : -decrease -increase -remain the same -can’t tell the same
Increase
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Which of the following best describes unstable angina? - relived by nitroglycerin -relived by rest - due to a coronary spasm - chest pain at rest
-chest pain at rest
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Psyedoaneurysms have a ____ base with walls containing the ___ and a ___ disk for rupture
Narrow; pericardium ; high
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Which chamber is most likely to be involved with metastatic tumors?
RA
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What echo term is given to describe patients with hyperlipomatous inter atrial septum?
Dumbbell shape
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The dumbbell shape of the IAS is consistent with what disease?
Hyperlipomatous IAS
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What is hyperlipomatous IAS ?
Fatty infiltration of the IAS
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True or false- PHTN is not a risk factor of ischemic heart disease
True
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Color Doppler is best used in ischemic heart disease for detecting?
VSD’s
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Left atrial thrombus is often seen in patients with ?
MS
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Myocardial ischemia means? -actual tissue death -lack of oxygen to myocardium
-lack of o2 to myocardium
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Myocardial ischemia means? -actual tissue death -lack of oxygen to myocardium
-lack of o2 to myocardium
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A parachute MV usually shows what on echo?
A single papillary muscle
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What caused MV pre systolic closure?
Elevated LV pressure
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What’s a typical Doppler velocity range of aortic stenosis?
3.0-5.0 m/sec
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Which valve is least likely affected in patients with rheumatic heart disease?
Pulmonic valve
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A decrease in the RVSP from one year to another indicates?
RV infarction
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True or false- carcinoid heart disease is a cause for valvular pulmonic stenosis?
True
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What’s a raphe? And when is it typically seen?
It’s a fused commissure line between 2 of 3 aortic leaflets in a typical bicuspid valve.
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True or false- hypovolemis does not usually cause jugular from dissension
True
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A PE will be seen between what 2 cardiac layers?
Visceral and parietal
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A PE will be seen between what 2 cardiac layers?
Visceral and parietal
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Which chamber is the most posterior?
LA
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The pressure in LV end diastole is referred to as?
Preload
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TEE probes are usually in what frequency range?
5-7MHZ
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What is the most anterior chamber?
Right ventricle
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What carries electrical impulse from the atria to the ventricles ?
Bundle of his
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What valve event ends Isovolumic contraction?
Aortic opening
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Which embryonic artificial arch develops into the transverse arch?
Fourth
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Which of the following is a common cause for dilated cardiomyopathy? -Peri partum -amyloid sis -toxic -metabolic
Toxic
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Patients with a restrictive cardiomyopathy have what kind of Doppler finding?
Large early E wave with short decel time and small a wave
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Want echo findings are associated with IHSS?
SAM of the AMVL and ASH
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The restrictive transmittal filling pattern is most consistently associated with?
Elevated LA pressures and increased ventricular stiffness
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True or false- midsystolic closure is a classic motion sign of the AV on my way-mode in patients with HOCM
True
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In the AP4 view which pulmonary vein do you see the most?
Right upper
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What is the best view to measure the vena contracta for AI?
PLAX
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Which gradient in the cath lab mostly correlates with the same pressure gradient in a TTE? 1. Peak to peak 2. Instanteous 3. Mean gradient
3. Mean
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Why does the Foramen Ovale close after birth?
Due to high pressure in the LA which closes the flap Over the opening

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