CCI ECHO Exam Questions Complete
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,When Transporting a Patient with a Urinary Catheter the bag should always be ? -
CORRECT ANSWERS--Below the patients bladder
A 52 year old women developes a murmur after a myocardial infarction. What is the
most likely etiology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Ventricular septal defect VSD
Which of the following choices would not be used to correct for pulced wave doppler
aliasing? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Use of higher frequency probe
How do you position a patient for using a Pedoff probe along the right sternal border? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Right lateral decubitus.
A patient with down syndrome is referred to your lab for an echo. Which of the following
cardiac defects would you likely find? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Atrioventricular Canal
defect.
During a pharmacological echo stress test using Dobutamine which drug is given if the
patient dosnt reach target heart rate? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Atropine
How do you position a patient for a TEE exam? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Left lateral
decubitus
If you measure the LVOT too big how will this affect your measurement for the aortic
area? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Area is to large
A patient with AIDS ( acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) might present with what
type of cardiomyopathy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Dilated
A 3 year old patient comes to the lab with a systolic murmur. what is the most likely
etiology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Ventricular septal defect.
In a patient with COPD which frequency transducer would most likely result in the best
images? - CORRECT ANSWERS-2.25MHz
Which is the best stress echo technique for revealing hibernating or stunned
myocardium? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Dobutamine
You are in the emergency department and a patient presents with the signs and
symptoms of aortic dissection. which modality would give you the most rapid diagnosis?
- CORRECT ANSWERS-TEE
, which is the proper term when the pulmonic valve is removed and put in place of the
aortic valve in the same patient? - CORRECT ANSWERS-autograft
Know that pericarditis (pericardial Effusion) can present with positional chest pain. -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Hurts more in certain positions or when changing positions.
what is the 1st structure seen when imaging from the suprasternal notch? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Aortic arch
which of the following drugs is used in Nuclear stress test? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Thallium
which of the following is the most important echo to do? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Murmur Post MI
At what time during fetal growth is the heart first fully developed? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-40 days
on the 3oth day, the trunks normally divides. what anomaly occurs if the truncus does
not divide? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Truncus ateriosus
The sinus venosus forms all of the following except: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Pulmonary arteries
The truncus ateriosus forms all of the following except: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Pulmonary veins
what are the two right to left saints in the normal fetal circulation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Foramen oval and ductus arteriosus
which of the following left to right shunts is the last to close in the normal post partum
period? when does it close ? - CORRECT ANSWERS-patent foramen ovale, closes at
the end of the first week.
in the normal fetal circulation, which of the following has the least amount of blood flow?
- CORRECT ANSWERS-pulmonary veins
all of the following hemodynamic events occur post delivery except: - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Left atrial pressure decreases
The fetal ductus arteriosus closes soon after birth. what structure does it become? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-ligamentum arteriosum
The ductus arteriosus connects the pulmonary artery and aorta in the fetus. at what site
does the ductus attach to the aorta? - CORRECT ANSWERS-aortic isthmus
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