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CCI Echocardiography Practice ExamQuestions and Answers
Which Aortic leaflet is the superior one in the PSLA - Answer -Right Leaflet
Name the tricuspid leaflets - Answer -posterior, anterior, and septal/medial
The coronary arteries come off of the ______ - Answer -Sinus of Valsalva
Name the vessels coming off the arch and the most proximal or distal. - Answer -
Innominate (proximal), left carotid, and the left subclavian (distal)
What cardiac pathology is associated with bicuspid aortic valves? - Answer -Coarctation
of the Aorta
Where do the most aortic Coarctation occur? - Answer -After the take-off of the left
subclavian artery, or within the aortic isthmus
Where is the coronary sinus located? - Answer -Posterior AV groove
To visualize the coronary sinus in the apical 4 chamber view you should tilt the
transducer _______ - Answer -Posterior
During which phase do the coronaries fill? - Answer -early diastole
Where is the chiari network located? - Answer -RA
What portion of the pulmonary venous PW Doppler represents atrial systole? - Answer -
A wave
At what temperature is it unsafe to use a TEE probe? - Answer -40-45C
TEE views by esophageal level/degrees - Answer -4ch- 0 degrees
2ch- 90 degrees
LAX- 120 degrees
, Why is the SA node the primary pacemaker? - Answer -The SA node has the highest
intrinsic rate of any cardiac tissue.
The save of contraction (depolarization) moves from the ______ to _____ - Answer -
endocardium to epicardium (Inside to outside)
What is the absolute refractory state? - Answer -That period when a muscle cell is not
excitable- from phase 1 into phase 3; the 'relative refractory period' is during phase 3
and the muscle cell might contract if the stimulus is strong.
Know what P wave, P-R interval, T wave represents - Answer -P wave- atrial systole
P-R interval- includes P-R segment (from atrial to ventricular depolarization)
QRS complex- ventricular diastole (repolarization)
What is the normal duration for the QRS complex? - Answer -0.10 sec
Frank-Sterling Law - Answer -Increased volume= increased contractility
RUBBER BAND THEORY
Does a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) increase LV preload? - Answer -yes when shunt
is L-R
Echo finding for preload vs. afterload - Answer -Preload= dilatation
Afterload= hypertrophy
Does venous return increase or decrease with inspiration? - Answer -Increase
Mitral valve velocity during inspiration increases or decreases? - Answer -Increases
Hepatic venous flow reveral indicates _______ - Answer -Severe TR
Given a TR velocity of 4.0m/sec what is the RVSP? - Answer -70mmHg
Pulmonary venous systolic flow reversal is ______ - Answer -Severe MR
Which of the following is used in echo to measure dP/dt? - Answer -Mitral regurgitation
dP/dt measurement of mitral regurgitation assesses what? - Answer -LV systolic
dysfunction
______ is the rate of rise of LV pressure? - Answer -dP/dt
Congenital connective tissue disease causing aortic dilatation of MVP - Answer -
Marfans
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