CCI RCS Study Guide With Correct Answers!!
Cavitation is - Answer The creation or vibration of small gas filled bodies by the ultrasound beam. (Tends to occur only with higher-intensity exposures.
The 6 intensities from highest to lowest are - Answer 1.) SPTP 4.) SATP 2.)SPPA 5.) SAPA 3.)SPTA 6.) SATA
What tricuspid valve leaflets are noted in PLAX? - Answer Anterior and medial/septal
posterior.
Formula for calculating EF? - Answer EF% = (sv/edv) x 100%
Stroke Volume (SV) formula - Answer EDV - ESV
What is stroke volume (SV)? - Answer Amount of blood pumped out of each ventricle
during a single heart beat.
What is the chiari network? - Answer Network of fibers originating from eustachian valve.
Where can the chiari network be found - Answer Right atria
What is the most anterior chamber of the heart? - Answer Right ventricle
Which pair of intensities has the lowest value? - Answer SATA (spatial average and temporal average)
Where is the Eustachian valve located ? - Answer In between the IVC and the right atrium.
What's another name for the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT) ? - Answer Infundibulum
Where is the coronary sinus located in relation to the descending aorta? - Answer Anterior
The three cusps of the tricuspid valve are? - Answer Anterior Medial Posterior
What's the two main layers of the pericardium? - Answer 1.) Visceral = lies directly upon external surface of the heart and is commonly referred to as the epicardium. 2,) Parietal = or fibrous pericardium is the thick outer sac. *The pericardial cavity lies between these two layers.
What is the normal pressure for the right ventricle ? - Answer 25/5 mmHg
What is the normal pressure for the pulmonary artery? - Answer 25/10 mmHg CCI RCS Study Guide With Correct Answers!!
What is the normal pressure for the left atrium? - Answer 10mmHg
What is the normal pressure for the aorta ? - Answer 120/80 mmHg
What are the two cusps of the mitral valve ? - Answer Anterior (long) and the posterior (short)
When is the left ventricular pressure the lowest? - Answer Early diastole
What is Becks Triad and what does it cause? - Answer AKA cardiac tamponade. Causes an elevated pressure in heart, hypotension and a quiet heart
What are the effects of pulmonary HTN ? - Answer Dilated pulmonary artery
Severe TR RV dilation
What happens to the size of an aneurysm during systole? - Answer It increases
In patients with A-Fib which heart sound would be missing ? - Answer Fourth
What is the normal O2 saturation of the left heart ? - Answer 98%
What is cardiac output? - Answer It is the total amount of blood ejected per minute. *cardiac output = stroke volume x HR *normal cardiac output = 4-8 liters/minute
Effects of left side heart failure - Answer Blood backs up to lungs and patient has shortness of breath
What part of the heart is affected when there is pulmonary edema ? - Answer Left side of heart
What is the primary cause of Congestive Heart Failure? - Answer Systolic dysfunction.
What part of the heart is affected when there is peripheral edema? - Answer Right side of the heart
When the foremen ovale closes after birth due to increased left atrial pressure the spot it was located is now called? - Answer Fossa ovalis
Mitral regurge hemodynamic evaluation is done in ? - Answer Systole
Aortic stenosis evaluation is done in? - Answer Systole
Tricuspid stenosis evaluation is done in ? - Answer Diastole CCI RCS Study Guide With Correct Answers!!
What is Dresslers syndrome ? - Answer Pericardial effusion after myocardial infarction
Is left atrial thrombus common in patients with mitral stenosis? - Answer Yes, especially in appendage
What are 3 factors affecting stroke volume? - Answer Preload, after-load, contractility
What is fractional shortening? - Answer It is the fraction of any diastolic dimension that is lost in systole. *normal range = 25-45%
If a patient has a stroke volume of 70ml and a heart rate of 90bpm what would be their cardiac output? - Answer Cardiac Output= Stroke volume x heart rate 70ml x 90bpm = 630ml/minute
What is QP and QS? - Answer QP= pulmonary circulatory flow QS= systemic circulatory flow
Atrial septal defect surgery is mainly considered when the QP/QS ratio exceed? - Answer 1:5 *normal = 1:1
What are the 2 most common encountered congenital heart lesions diagnosed in adults ? - Answer Atrial septal defect Bicuspid aortic valve
What chamber of the heart would be greater affected in patients with ventricular septal defects and left to right shunting? - Answer Right atrium
A patient with a higher blood pressure in the right arm than the left arm may have? - Answer Coarctation of aorta
How is a 2-d image of a phased array transducer created? - Answer Sequentially activating a series of adjacent crystals to angular the ultrasound beam
What is a heterograph/ xenograph? - Answer Other names of bioprosthetic valves transferred from animals to humans.
What are three types of bioprosthetic valves? - Answer Mechanical
Bovine
Porcine
What is a porcine bioprosthetic valve? - Answer A heart valve from a pig
What is a bovine bioprosthetic valve? - Answer A heart valve from a cow.
Define pannus - Answer Tissue overgrowth
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