CCI ECHO EXAM 200+ QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
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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.
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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
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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
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
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