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CCI ECHO EXAM 200+ QUESTIONS ANDCORRECT ANSWERS REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS(VERIFIED
ANSWERS)|AGRADE
A 52 year old women developes a murmur after a myocardial infarction. What is the
most likely etiology? - answer>>>Ventricular septal defect VSD
Which of the following choices would not be used to correct for pulced wave doppler
aliasing? - answer>>>Use of higher frequency probe
How do you position a patient for using a Pedoff probe along the right sternal border? -
answer>>>Right lateral decubitus.
A patient with down syndrome is referred to your lab for an echo. Which of the following
cardiac defects would you likely find? - answer>>>Atrioventricular Canal defect.
During a pharmacological echo stress test using Dobutamine which drug is given if the
patient dosnt reach target heart rate? - answer>>>Atropine
How do you position a patient for a TEE exam? - answer>>>Left lateral decubitus
If you measure the LVOT too big how will this affect your measurement for the aortic
area? - answer>>>Area is to large
A patient with AIDS ( acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) might present with what
type of cardiomyopathy? - answer>>>Dilated
A 3 year old patient comes to the lab with a systolic murmur. what is the most likely
etiology? - answer>>>Ventricular septal defect.
In a patient with COPD which frequency transducer would most likely result in the best
images? - answer>>>2.25MHz
Which is the best stress echo technique for revealing hibernating or stunned
myocardium? - answer>>>Dobutamine
You are in the emergency department and a patient presents with the signs and
symptoms of aortic dissection. which modality would give you the most rapid diagnosis?
- answer>>>TEE
,which is the proper term when the pulmonic valve is removed and put in place of the
aortic valve in the same patient? - answer>>>autograft
Know that pericarditis (pericardial Effusion) can present with positional chest pain. -
answer>>>Hurts more in certain positions or when changing positions.
what is the 1st structure seen when imaging from the suprasternal notch? -
answer>>>Aortic arch
which of the following drugs is used in Nuclear stress test? - answer>>>Thallium
which of the following is the most important echo to do? - answer>>>Murmur Post MI
At what time during fetal growth is the heart first fully developed? - answer>>>40 days
on the 3oth day, the trunks normally divides. what anomaly occurs if the truncus does
not divide? - answer>>>Truncus ateriosus
The sinus venosus forms all of the following except: - answer>>>Pulmonary arteries
The truncus ateriosus forms all of the following except: - answer>>>Pulmonary veins
what are the two right to left saints in the normal fetal circulation? - answer>>>Foramen
oval and ductus arteriosus
which of the following left to right shunts is the last to close in the normal post partum
period? when does it close ? - answer>>>patent foramen ovale, closes at the end of the
first week.
in the normal fetal circulation, which of the following has the least amount of blood flow?
- answer>>>pulmonary veins
all of the following hemodynamic events occur post delivery except: - answer>>>Left
atrial pressure decreases
The fetal ductus arteriosus closes soon after birth. what structure does it become? -
answer>>>ligamentum arteriosum
The ductus arteriosus connects the pulmonary artery and aorta in the fetus. at what site
does the ductus attach to the aorta? - answer>>>aortic isthmus
the following five structures are activated during a single cardiac cycle. Rank them in
the normal order of activation. - answer>>>SA node
AV node
Bundle of His
left bundle branch
, purkinje fibers
which of the following structures is the primary pacemaker of the heart? - answer>>>SA
node
When Transporting a Patient with a Urinary Catheter the bag should always be ? -
answer>>>-Below the patients bladder
During the resting state, which of the following ions are pumped out of the cells of the
myocardium? - answer>>>Sodium
Following electrical depolarization of the myocardial cell membrane, which ion rushes in
first, and which ion rushes in later? - answer>>>sodium followed by calcium
which of the following helps slow heart muscle contraction? - answer>>>potassium
in the cardiac cell action potential, what phases are included in the absolute refractory
period? - answer>>>phases 1 into phase 3
when contraction against which of the following pressures will the velocity of muscle cell
contraction be more rapid? - answer>>>75 mmHg
what happens to the beat following a premature ventricular depolarization ? -
answer>>>the beat is stronger than a typical beat
what is the Frank sterling Law? - answer>>>the more the heart muscle is stretched, the
more forcefully it contracts.
which of the following best describes preload? - answer>>>LV filling
all of the following tend to increase preload except: - answer>>>AS
what best describes afterload? - answer>>>aortic pressure
all of the following tend to increase after load except? - answer>>>MR
what is the predominant echo findings associated with increased after load? -
answer>>>LV hypertrophy
what is the predominant echo finding associated with increased preload? -
answer>>>LV Dilation
Afterload equals : - answer>>>hypertrophy
Preload equals : - answer>>>Dilation
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