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CCI ECHO EXAM 200+ QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS( VERIFIED
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Question : A 52 year old women developes a murmur after a
myocardial infarction. What is the most likely etiology?
Correct answer: Ventricular septal defect VSD
Question : Which of the following choices would not be used
to correct for pulced wave doppler aliasing?
Correct answer: Use of higher frequency probe
Question : How do you position a patient for using a Pedoff
probe along the right sternal border?
Correct answer: Right lateral decubitus.
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Question : A patient with down syndrome is referred to your
lab for an echo. Which of the following cardiac defects would you likely find?
Correct answer: Atrioventricular Canal defect.
Question : During a pharmacological echo stress test using
Dobutamine which drug is given if the patient dosnt reach target heart rate?
Correct answer: Atropine
Question : How do you position a patient for a TEE exam?
Correct answer: Left lateral decubitus
Question : If you measure the LVOT too big how will this
affect your measurement for the aortic area?
Correct answer: Area is to large
Question : A patient with AIDS ( acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome) might present with what type of cardiomyopathy?
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Correct answer: Dilated
Question : A 3 year old patient comes to the lab with a
systolic murmur. what is the most likely etiology?
Correct answer: Ventricular septal defect.
Question : In a patient with COPD which frequency
transducer would most likely result in the best images?
Correct answer: 2.25MHz
Question : Which is the best stress echo technique for
revealing hibernating or stunned myocardium?
Correct answer: Dobutamine
Question : 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?
Correct answer: TEE
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Question : which is the proper term when the pulmonic valve
is removed and put in place of the aortic valve in the same patient?
Correct answer: autograft
Question : Know that pericarditis (pericardial Effusion) can
present with positional chest pain.
Correct answer: Hurts more in certain positions or when
changing positions.
Question : what is the 1st structure seen when imaging from
the suprasternal notch?
Correct answer: Aortic arch
Question : which of the following drugs is used in Nuclear
stress test?
Correct answer: Thallium
Question : which of the following is the most important echo
to do?