ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FINAL EXAM;
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Except for?, the tricuspid valve is visible in all of the imaging windows listed
below.
Apical 4C, PSAX (AV level)
RV inflow
RV outflow
RV outflow
List and identify the anatomical structures that enter the left atrial chamber.
Four pulmonary veins
When using color and Doppler to evaluate RV inflow, which valve are you looking
at?
Pulmonic
Tricuspid
Aortic
Mitral
Tricuspid
Normal Doppler flow velocities via the LVOT in Apical 5C would occur.
Above the baseline.
Below the baseline.
,Below the baseline.
Doppler patterns for LV inflow are best acquired from the PLAX window.
True
False
False
Except for?, the Interatrial septum (IAS) would be visualized from the following
angles.
PSAX
Apical 4C
Apical 2C
Subcostal 4C.
Apical 2C
Laminar flow, another name for disrupted flow, refers to blood traveling in several
directions at different velocities.
True
False
False
What structures do you observe when you use M-mode on the Mitral valve (MV) in
PLAX?
,Anterior RV wall
IVS
Anterior and posterior MV leaflets.
Posterior LV wall
All of the aforementioned.
All of the aforementioned.
Which window would you use to evaluate flow velocities through the pulmonic
valve?
Modified PLAX looks at RVOT.
PSAX (AV-level)
Neither of these windows may be used.
Both windows can be used.
Both windows can be used.
M-mode of the aortic valve shows the leaflets opening in systole to form a
"boxlike" configuration.
True
False
True
Which imaging window is appropriate for assessing global LV function?
PLAX
, PSAX papillary level.
Apical 4C
Subcostal 4C.
Apical 4C
Cardiac anatomy found in PLAX includes all of the following, except?
Right atrium
Left atrium
Aortic Valve
The intraventricular septum (IVS)
Right atrium
Except for one, all of the following views would be utilized to observe the aortic
valve (AV).
The right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT
Apical 5C.
Apical 3C
PSAX
The right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT
Diastolic flow across the MV contains two peaks: the E wave and the A wave.
True
False
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