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RDCS Exam Review Questions & Answers 2024/25 You're performing m-mode on the mitral valve and notice that the "E" point of the anterior leaflet is touching the IVS and the LV walls are grossly thickened. What abnormality is suspected? - ANSWERSHOCM (SAM) A 40 year old female presents for an echocardiogram with peripheral edema, jugular vein distention and inability to exercise without weakness and chest pain. 2D echo reveals LV hypertrophy and what looks like ground-glass in the...

RDCS EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/25 A patient with a systolic ejection murmur and diminished A2 has what? - ANSWERSAortic Stenosis What is Congestive Heart Failure? - ANSWERSClinical findings that occur when the heart ( right or left side) is unable to maintain adequate circulation for any reason. Pump failure. - Characterized by: fatigue, shortness of breath, peripheral edema and abdominal distention What is hypovolemic shock? - ANSWERSFrom volume loss or cardiogenic shock, unabl...

RDCS REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/25 doubles - ANSWERSIf stroke volume remains constant and the heart rate doubles, what happens to the cardiac output? SV x HR - ANSWERScardiac output= - ANSWERSCardiac output is ______ related to stroke volume & HR Right Coronary Artery - ANSWERSWhich coronary artery usually supplies blood to the posteromedial papillary muscle? shorter - ANSWERSThe RV is normally _____ than the LV NO - ANSWERSDoes the RV extend all the way to the ape...

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Views General RDCS Exam Questions & Answers 2024/25 Which view is used in the detection and assessment of the IVC - ANSWERSsubcostal What 2 D view is best view for the assessment of IAS - ANSWERSSubcostal 4 Which 2 d view is best for identifying the malformed tricuspid valve apparatus that characterizes abstains anomaly? - ANSWERSApical 4 Which 2D views are best for direct imaging of a discrete sub aortic membrane - ANSWERSapical 5 chamber and apical long axis views Which is bes...

RDCS Exam Questions & Answers 2024/25 Name the DeBakey type dissections I-III - ANSWERSI= ascending and descending II=ascending only III=descending only The primary symptom of pericarditis is: - ANSWERSPositional chest pain The values for peak gradients across the pulmonic valve are as follows: - ANSWERS<30mmHg = mild 30-64mmHg= moderate >64mmHg= severe The resulting murmur of pulmonary artery pressure >70mmHg is called: - ANSWERSGrahm-Steell murmur A valve area of ...

What type of tricuspid stenosis is very rare? - Isolated What other valve abnormality is tricuspid stenosis associated with? - mitral stenosis in rheumatic heart disease Average normal tricuspid valve area - 7cm^2 Causes of tricuspid stenosis - - rheumatic heart disease - involves only leaflet tips - carcinoid syndrome - involves entire leaflet - congenital malformation