Term 1 of 100
If a patient has Starr-Edwards valve in both the mitral and aortic positions, mitral regurgitation
might be best detected from which window?
Subcostal
Left parasternal
Apical
Suprasternal
Term 2 of 100
By echocardiography, patients with congestive cardiomyopathy have left ventricles that are:
Thick and hyperdynamic
Hypertrophied with normal chamber size
Dilated and poorly contracting
Increased shortening fraction and hypertrophy
Term 3 of 100
What might be the first indication of metastatic cardiac stress disease?
Myxoma
Right atrial mass
Pericardial effusion
Left atrial mass
,Term 4 of 100
If a large patent ductus arteriosus is not corrected what might develop?
Pericardial effusion
Eisenmenger syndrome
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary edema
Term 5 of 100
A pericardial effusion can often be seen in patients with:
Renal failure
Aortic stenosis
Atrial flutter
Myocardial infarction
Term 6 of 100
All of the following are examples of mechanical cardiac valves EXCEPT:
Bjork-Shiley tilting disk
Hancock
Starr-Edwards ball valve
St. Jude bi-leaflet
,Term 7 of 100
Peripheral (saline) contrast is NOT useful in:
Atrial septal defects
Tricuspid regurgitation
Ventricular septal defects
Aortic regurgitation
Term 8 of 100
All of the following are findings in patients with congestive (dilated) cardiomyopathy except:
Increased aortic root excursion
Reduced mitral valve excursion
Global hypokinesis
Dilated left ventricle
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Term 9 of 100
High risk patients for infective endocarditis include those with:
Intravenous drug abuse
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
Coronary artery disease
, Term 10 of 100
All of the following are etiologies for valvular endocarditis EXCEPT:
Marantic
Pulmonary hypertension
IV drug abuse
Post cardiac surgery
Term 11 of 100
The ratio of early transmitral (E) to atrial (A) Doppler filling velocities are influenced by all of the
following factors Except:
Delayed left ventricular relaxation
Patients age
Transducer frequency
Left ventricular preload
Term 12 of 100
What would you look for in a patient with Kawasaki disease?
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Coronary artery aneurysms
Left atrial mass
Atrial septal defect
Pericardial effusion
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