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A Doppler finding in patients with patent ductus arteriosus would be: - Diastolic left to right flow in the pulmonary artery
Which medium interface would you expect the strongest (brightest) echoes to occur? - Air/Skin
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A Doppler finding in patients with patent ductus arteriosus would be: - ✔✔Diastolic left to right flow in
the pulmonary artery
Which medium interface would you expect the strongest (brightest) echoes to occur? - ✔✔Air/Skin
A congenital malformation where the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve is displaced toward the apex of
the right ventricle is termed: - ✔✔Ebsteins anomaly
In a patient with an ostium secundum defect of the heart, a step-up (increased concentration) of oxygen
saturation would be noted in the: - ✔✔Right atrium
Which component is the metabolic component of acid base balance in the body? - ✔✔Hco3
The stroke volume of an intact ventricle is directly influenced by all of the following except?
a. Preload
b. Afterload
c. Contractility
d. Age - ✔✔Age
The factor that most strongly influences the speed at which an ultrasound wave travels through a
patients liver is the: - ✔✔stiffness of the liver tissue
________________ cannot travel through a vcuum - ✔✔Sound
,When evaluating an aortic valve for stenosis, caution must be taken not to underestimate the severity of
the stenosis in the presence of: - ✔✔Mitral regurgitation
Frequency of sound is expressed in: - ✔✔hertz
The methods used to decrease the build up of acid in a patient who is arresting are: -
✔✔Hyperventilation and sodium bicarbonate
The term opening snap is used to describe: - ✔✔mitral stenosis
The mid systolic click is generally associated with: - ✔✔Barlow's syndrome
What factors affect the pressure gradient across a valve? - ✔✔Resistance to flow and proximal chamber
pressure
The pulmonary capillary wedge pressure most closely approximates _____________ pressures. - ✔✔LA
and LVEDP
The most common ventricular septal defect is the: - ✔✔perimembranous VSD
Untreated congestive heart failure could eventually lead to: - ✔✔pulmonary HTN
The tension in the fibers of the ventricle after the onset of systole refers to: - ✔✔afterload
A direct result of mitral regurgitation is: - ✔✔Left atrial enlargement
Wolff Parkinson's White syndrome is diagnosed on the ECG by the presence of a: - ✔✔delta wave
The second heart sound is associated with: - ✔✔closure of the aortic and pulmonic valves
,A typical finding in the presence of aortic stenosis is: - ✔✔Left ventricular hypertrophy
Ohms law describes the basic characteristics of electricity in a circuit; A principle that applies to all
electrical, medical and monitoring instruments. The formula is: - ✔✔V=IxR
In what medium does sound travel the fastest? - ✔✔bone
subcristal VSD's are also known as: - ✔✔Subaotric VSD
A finding of coronary artery aneurysms on an echocardiogram of a child would be consistent with: -
✔✔Barlow's syndrome
The central venous pressure is a direct reflection of the: - ✔✔right atrial pressure
In the normal functioning heart, the end diastolic volume is determined by what major factors? -
✔✔Diastolic filling pressure, total blood volume and atrial systole
The amount of refraction is most strongly influenced by the relative ____________ on either side of the
interface. - ✔✔acoustic impedance
Regions of decreased particle density as seen on ultrasound refers to: - ✔✔rarefraction
The _________ is independent of the frequency and intensity of the sound wave. - ✔✔speed of sound
Refraction will not occur is the sound beam is ________ to the interface. - ✔✔perpendicular
Tetrology of Fallot is diagnosed when the presence of what four anomalies? - ✔✔right ventricular
hypertrophy, ventricular septal defect, pulmonic stenosis and an overriding aorta (over the VSD)
, In ultrasound, regions of increased particle density refers to: - ✔✔compression
Blood within the pulmonary artery is generally _______ % saturated with oxygen - ✔✔75%
Diastolic fluttering of the anterior mitral valve leaflet as seen on the m-mode tracing would suggest? -
✔✔Aortic insufficiency
What factor of resistance has the most effect on the resistance to flow in a blood vessel? - ✔✔The
vessels radius
The echo window of choice for evaluating mitral regurgitation with continuous wave Doppler is: -
✔✔The apical 4 chamber view
When we are born, the communication between the aorta and the pulmonary artery that is present
inutero may fail to close off after birth. This communication is called: - ✔✔Patent ductus arteriosus
If the pressure amplitude of a sound wave is doubled, the intensity would be: - ✔✔quadrupled
A pulse repetition frequency of less than twice the Doppler shift frequency will result in __________. -
✔✔aliasing
Acoustical information is converted into image data through the use of - ✔✔fast Fourier transformer
system converters
Impulses conducted from the sinus node are delayed slightly at the ___________ before continuing to
the ventricles. - ✔✔atrioventricular node
The coronary blood flow to the heart is a __________ event - ✔✔diastolic
The muscle of the heart is composed of: - ✔✔myofibrils
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