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CEA EXAM PREP NEWEST TESTBANK
COMPLETE 350 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) GRADED A+
Question 1: The patient is exhibiting a productive cough and a
low-grade fever. Chest X-ray on PA view shows a left lower chest area of consolidation adjacent to the left border of the heart approximately 2 rib spaces above the costophrenic angle.The lateral x-ray view shows this lesion absent of the window posterior to the cardiac silhouette. Which is the most likely location of this area of focal consolidation?*Left upper lobe apex *Right middle lobe *Left upper lobe lingula *Left lower lobe
CORRECT ANSWER : Left upper lobe lingula
Question 2: The inability to fully relax the myocardium during
relaxation is a trademark of which of the following diagnoses?
CORRECT ANSWER : Diastolic dysfunction
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Question 3: An otherwise healthy African American adult male
has been diagnosed with hypertension. He has been restricting his salt intake, eating a DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, and exercising more, but his blood pressure is still elevated. Which is the BEST medication to prescribe him?
CORRECT ANSWER : Calcium channel blocker
Question 4: Your patient has been diagnosed with a 4.5cm
ascending aortic aneurysm. Which medical imaging is considered standard of care for serial surveillance?
CORRECT ANSWER : CT angiography of the chest
Question 5: Which of the following medications does not cause
beta 1 stimulation?
CORRECT ANSWER : phenylephrine
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Question 6: A 50-year-old woman with a history of hypertension
presents with dyspnea on exertion and orthopnea. On examination, she has jugular venous distention and bilateral crackles on lung auscultation. What is the most likely diagnosis?
CORRECT ANSWER: Congestive heart failure
Question 7: Your patient with a history of HFrEF (heart failure
with reduced ejection fraction) with an ejection fraction of 40% who is also not on optimal medical therapy has been diagnosed with a myocardial infarction this admission and received emergent placement of a drug-eluting stent to the left anterior descending artery. As the medical home who will manage this patient after discharge, which medication strategy would you expect to be a priority in the patient's care?
CORRECT ANSWER: Ordering a transthoracic
echocardiogram and order a Lifevest if EF is less than 35%
Question 8: Which of the following people groups represent the
least risk of cardiac disease?
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CORRECT ANSWER : Caucasians
Question 9: A 65-year-old woman presents for a follow-up
examination. She is a smoker, and her hypertension is now adequately controlled with medication. Her mother died at age 40 from a heart attack. The fasting lipid profile shows cholesterol = 240 mg/dL, HDL = 30, and LDL = 200. In addition to starting therapeutic lifestyle changes, the nurse
practitioner should start the patient on:
CORRECT ANSWER : a statin drug
Question 10: Which of the following end-organ sequelae is not
directly caused by uncontrolled hypertension?
CORRECT ANSWER : Peripheral neuropathy
Question 11: Preventive cardiac care should focus primarily on
addressing all the following except?