CVS 204 Final Exam 2025 GRADED A+
Mitral Stenosis -Correct Answer ✔The narrowing of the mitral valve orifice impending
the diastolic flow of blood from the left atrium into the left ventricle
Mitral Regurgitation -Correct Answer ✔The backward flow of blood into the left atrium
during ventricular systole
Aortic Stenosis -Correct Answer ✔The narrowing of the aortic valve orifice
Aortic Regurgitation -Correct Answer ✔The backward flow of blood through the aortic
valve during diastole
Tricuspid Regurgitation -Correct Answer ✔The backward flow of blood from the right
ventricle into the right atrium during systole
Tricuspid Stenosis -Correct Answer ✔The narrowing of the tricuspid valve orifice
impending the diastolic flow of blood from the right atrium into the right ventricle
Pulmonic Stenosis -Correct Answer ✔The narrowing of the pulmonic valve orifice
impending the systolic flow of blood from the right ventricle into the pulmonary arteries
Pulmonic Regurgitation -Correct Answer ✔The backward flow of blood through the
pulmonic valve during diastole
Pericarditis/Pericardial Effusion -Correct Answer ✔A microbial infection of the
membrane lining of the heart.
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Pericarditis/Pericardial effusion may be -Correct Answer ✔Acute, subacute, or chronic
(involves cardiac tamponade)
Pericarditis/Pericardial Effusion: chronic complications -Correct Answer ✔Constrictive
pericarditis (surgical treatment is used to remove fluid (pericentisis))
Most common benign tumor of pericardium? -Correct Answer ✔Pericardial cyst
Pericardial Cyst -Correct Answer ✔Adjacent to cardiac chamber
Cardiac Tamponade -Correct Answer ✔An increase in intrapericardial pressure due to an
accumulation of pericardial effusion
Constrictive Pericarditis -Correct Answer ✔A thickened fibrotic adherent pericardium
restricting diastolic filling of the heart
Cardiomyopathies -Correct Answer ✔Bilateral and biventricular dilation and ventricular
systolic and diastolic dysfunction of unknown origin
Cardiomyopathies decrease -Correct Answer ✔LV systolic and diastolic function
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy -Correct Answer ✔Idiopathic asymmetric hypertrophy of
the heart
Complications of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -Correct Answer ✔-Sudden death upon
exercise (exertion)
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