Term 1 of 98
If the extent of aortic involvement involves the ascending aorta, it would be considered which
classification of aortic dissection?
DeBakey grade IIIb
DeBakey grade II
DeBakey grade I
DeBakey grade IIIa
Term 2 of 98
Which of the following would contrast echocardiography include the detection of?
Left ventricular opacification
Refined definition of the LV structural abnormalities
Intracardiac shunts
All of the above
Term 3 of 98
Which of the following would be considered the same as multiple reflections?
Reverberations
Ranges
Speckle
Energy
,Term 4 of 98
Which of the layers of the coronary artery will appear as a dark zone on the IVUS (intravascular
ultrasound)?
Adventitia
Media
Dermal
Intima
Term 5 of 98
The characteristics of false tendons in the cardiac ventricles can include all but which of the
following?
Only extends from the septum to the inferior wall
Can be considered coincidental findings
Can appear similar to chord
Can check flow obstruction
Term 6 of 98
In which of the following areas would a 3D echocardiogram not be used?
Operating rooms
Physical therapy
Cardiac cath labs
Ablation labs
,Term 7 of 98
Patient groups which would be considered to have a high risk for the development of a AAA
would include all but which of the following?
Female patients
Patients with a family history of AAA
Advancing age-65 years or older
Smokers
Term 8 of 98
Of the 3 components of regurgitant color Doppler flow pattern, which would be considered
correct for the one that represents the regurgitant flow once it has passed the leaflets and into
the receiving chamber?
Proximal flow convergence
Distal regurgitant jet
Vena contracta
Proximal isovelocity surface area
Term 9 of 98
Of the following, which would be considered an acoustic variable?
Reflection
Cycle
Pressure
Lens
, Term 10 of 98
Which of the following coronary flow peak velocities would predict poor reperfusion with TIMI
flow 2 if the patient has had an acute myocardial infarction?
Less than 10 cm's
Less than 100 cm's
Less than 5 cm's
Less than 25 cm's
Term 11 of 98
With an ultrasound, the brightness between the black and the white would be considered which
of the following?
Flow
Mass
Gray scale
Echo
Term 12 of 98
To be able to increase the number of lines per frame, which of the following would the PRF need
to do?
Decrease
Remain same
Double
Increase
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