STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Stress Echo - ANSWER. A method for inducing controlled stress on the heart and
monitoring its reaction.
CAD (Coronary Artery Disease) - Answer Patients with ________ frequently have
abnormal changes in the EKG and/or wall motion.
1) ECHO
2) NUCLEAR SCAN - ANSWER What imaging tests should you add to stress
testing to improve sensitivity and specificity?
60% to above 90% - ANSWER When ECHO or NUCLEAR SCANS are used to
STRESS TESTS, it INCREASES SENSITIVITY/SPECIFICITY by
________%.-________%
DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHO - ANSWER "DSE" means
c. PHARMACOLOGICAL - ANSWER DSE is a ____________ STRESS ECHO.
a. Exercise.
B. Pharmacological
a. Dobutamine increases the contractility of the heart.
a. increases
,b. decreases
True - ANSWER T OR F? Adenosine can be used for a pharmacological stress
echo, but it is not commonly used as much as Dobutamine.
True - ANSWER T OR F? Stress Echoes are safe to do.
True - ANSWER T OR F? Stress Echoes cost less.
CAD - Answer What is the Leading Cause of Death in the United States?
a. WOMEN - ANSWER CAD is the LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH in the United
States, particularly in
a) Women
b. Men
EXERCISE STRESS ECHO - ANSWER "ESE" means
1) Treadmill
2) BICYCLE-ANSWER Exercise Stress Echoes can be used on
, 1) Exercise Stress Echo (ESE).
2) PHARMACOLOGY (DSE)
3) MENTAL STRESS.
4) TRANSESOPHAGEAL PACING-ANSWER TYPES OF STRESS TESTING:
TRANSESOPHAGEAL PACING - ANSWER INCREASES HEART RATE BY
PACING TO THE TARGET HR.
d. 2000s - ANSWER DOPPLER STRESS ECHO, DIASTOLIC FUNCTION, 3D,
STRAIN, and CONTRAST weren't released until:
a. 1970's
b. Late 1970s.
c. 1990's
d. 2000's
1970s - ANSWER TREADMILL STRESS TESTS were released in the late
________.
In the 1980s, the films Answer Stress Echo and Digital Cinema Comparison were
released.
1990s - ANSWER PHARMACOLOGICAL STRESS TESTS (i.e. Dobutamine)
were released in the
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