NRCME Prep Test Questions with Correct Answers
What is the waiting period for an implanted cardiac defibrillator? - Answer-NONE. DO NOT CERTIFY
What is the waiting period for WPW with a fib? - Answer-NONE. DO NOT CERTIFY
What is the waiting period for stable angina? - Answer-3 months
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NRCME Prep Test Questions with
Correct Answers
What is the waiting period for an implanted cardiac defibrillator? - Answer-NONE. DO
NOT CERTIFY
What is the waiting period for WPW with a fib? - Answer-NONE. DO NOT CERTIFY
What is the waiting period for stable angina? - Answer-3 months
What is the waiting period following MI? - Answer-2 months
What is the waiting period for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? - Answer-NONE. DO NOT
CERTIFY
How often should a patient go for ETT following an MI? - Answer-2 years
How often should a patient go for ETT following PCI? - Answer-3-6 months following
procedure and 2 years thereafter
How often should a patient go for ETT following CABG? - Answer-5 years after
procedure, and annually thereafter
Abdominal aneurysms greater than ___ cm are disqualifying - Answer-5 cm
The maximum period any driver with a cardiovascular condition should be certified is: -
Answer-1 year
How long can a driver with stable angina be certified for? - Answer-1 year
An increase in what aneurysm size over a 6 month period is disqualifying? - Answer-0.5
cm
What is the waiting period following a pulmonary embolism? - Answer-3 months
What is the maximum certification for a driver following AV valve surgery? - Answer-1
year
Drivers with IDDM must present glucose monitoring for how long to their treating
clinician? - Answer-3 months
The minimum waiting period following PCI is: - Answer-1 week
, The minimum waiting period after pacemaker implantation is: - Answer-1 month
The maximum thoracic aneurysm size allowable for certification is: - Answer-3.5 cm
After heart replacement surgery the minimum waiting period is: - Answer-1 year
After heart transplant surgery the maximum certification period is: - Answer-6 months
For mild aortic stenosis, how often should an echocardiogram be repeated? - Answer-5
years
For moderate aortic stenosis, how often should an echocardiogram be repeated? -
Answer-1-2 years
What is the waiting period for pacemaker implantation related to syncope? - Answer-3
months
The waiting period following CABG is: - Answer-3 months
Anticoagulation for a cardiac condition may be certified up to: - Answer-1 year
Anticoagulation for a neurologic condition may be certified up to: - Answer-DO NOT
CERTIFY
What is the minimum LVEF for certification with respect to any cardiovascular
condition? - Answer->40%
The minimum waiting period after surgical repair of an AAA is: - Answer-3 months
The maximum certification after surgical repair of an AAA is: - Answer-1 year
The maximum certification of a patient with CHF is: - Answer-1 year
Drivers should exercise to a minimum of ___ MET on stress test. - Answer-6 MET
For drivers on coumadin, how often should they have their INR rechecked? - Answer-
monthly
What is the maximum certification for a driver with peripheral neuropathy? - Answer-
NONE. DO NOT CERTIFY
What is the maximum certification for a driver with non-insulin dependent diabetes? -
Answer-1 year
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