CCI Adult Echo CTL Questions Part 2 Questions and Correct Answers
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CCI Echo
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CCI Echo
RV pressure overload causes what, while RV volume overload causes what? rv pressure = septal flattening during whole cardiac cycle
Rv volume = septal flattening only in diastole
What is the most common complication seen with a septal myectomy that is performed to correct asymmetrical septal hyper...
CCI Adult Echo CTL Questions Part 2
Questions and Correct Answers
RV pressure overload causes what, while RV volume overload causes what? ✅rv
pressure = septal flattening during whole cardiac cycle
Rv volume = septal flattening only in diastole
What is the most common complication seen with a septal myectomy that is performed
to correct asymmetrical septal hypertropny? ✅vsd
Chest pain increasing at night and dyspnea, accompanied by a "knocking" sound with
auscultation are clinical findings that are most consistent with? ✅pericarditis (restricted
diastolic filling = knock)
What must be present in order to diagnose overriding aorta? ✅vsd (overriding aorta
refers to aorta receiving blood from both ventricles)
A 50 year old presents with a recent onset of dyspnea and an abnormal ekg tracing a
recent MI? ✅a patient most likely has an RV infarct that causes the flail tricuspid leaflet
Vegetation formation on a starr-edwards valve is called? ✅sub-acute bacterial
endocarditis
There are two types of endocarditis, what are they? ✅1. Acute - infection of a normal
cardiac valve
2. Sub acute - infection of abnormal valve (associated with prolapse, rheumatic disease,
and prosthetic valves)
The ____ defect is located adjacent to the atrioventricular valves in the inferior septum?
✅septum primum
The ___ defect is located adjacent to the atrioventricular valves in superior ventricular
septum? ✅perimembranous
The pattern of wall hypertrophy in hypertension heart disease is ___, and in
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy the pattern is usually ___? ✅symmertic, asymmetric
Carnitine deficiency is associated with? ✅dilated cardiomyopathy
What is the most common type to infiltrative cardiomyopathy? ✅amyloidosis
, Patients with marfan syndrome have abnormal levels of what proteins that affect the
connective tissues of the body? ✅increased levels of transforming growth factor beta
and decreased fibrillin-1
What effect will dilated cardiomyopathy have on the left ventricle outflow velocity?
✅decrease
You are performing an echo on a patient with suspected congenital heart disease. You
identify a bi-leaflet valve that demonstrates an anterior leaflet that is longer than the
posterior leaflet. The posterior leaflet also appears to have a scalloped edge. These
characteristics are most consistent with the normal? ✅mitral valve
____ is associated with syncope due to decreased oxygenated blood flow reaching the
brain? ✅moderate/severe aortic stenosis
Which of the following is the most common type of infiltrative cardiomyopathy to develop
restrictive cardiomyopathy? ✅amyloidosis
There is akinesis of the anterolateral and inferolateral walls. These findings are most
suggestive of occlusion of the? ✅left circumflex artery
Which of the following describes papillary fibroelastomas? ✅valvular tumor that is
usually attached to the surface of the aov or mv leaflets in adults
Which of the following is describing the normal mitral valve? ✅anterior leaflet is longer
than the posterior leaflet
The most common finding in a patient with carcinoid disease is? ✅TR
Which of the following is an advantage of mechanical valves over bioprosthetic valves?
✅more durable
Eisenmenger syndrome will usually occur when the right ventricular systolic pressure,
exceeds? ✅120 mmhg
An alcohol induced septal ablation is used to treat which of the following cardiac
abnormalities? ✅hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
The TR velocity is 2m/s. What is the RVSP in a patient with a 1.6cm IVC with normal
collapse? ✅4(2)^2= 4x4 = 16
16 + 3(normal rv pressure) = 19mmhg
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