ARDMS ADULT ECHO FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What causes deformation of the PV leading to the display of an "A" wave on the
mmode tracing - ✔✔Right Atrial Contraction
✔✔The Interventricular Septum is normally seen with a mild bowing? - ✔✔Right
Ventricle
✔✔An Epicardial Fat Pad is - ✔✔Isolated Anterior Echo Free space and a Small
Pericardial Effusion will be demonstrated as an anechoic space posterior to the heart
✔✔Right Coronary Artery - ✔✔RV
IAS
Inferior LV Wall
Inferior Septal LV Wall
✔✔The Heart Tube normally? - ✔✔Anterior and to the right
✔✔The Aortic Valve is more resistant to regurgitation than? - ✔✔Mitral Valve
✔✔Branches of the Aorta (In order) - ✔✔Right Innominate Artery
Left Carotid Artery
Left Subclavian Artery
✔✔Which Cardiac Chamber is closest to the Spine? - ✔✔Left Atrium
✔✔Viscereal Layer of the Pericardium is also referred to as? - ✔✔Epicardium
✔✔Which Cardiac Chamber is the Most Anterior - ✔✔Right Ventricle
✔✔Central Venous Pressure refers to Pressure in - ✔✔Vena Cava
✔✔The Infundibulum is part of the? - ✔✔Proximal RVOT
✔✔The R:R Interval is? - ✔✔The time between the QRS Complex's
✔✔The normal R:R Interval is - ✔✔0.6 -1.0 msec, equates to 60 - 100 bpm
, ✔✔Valsalva Maneuver can? - ✔✔Decrease / Increase Venous Return
Decrease / Increase HR
✔✔The Coronary Sinus is located? - ✔✔Posterior Atrioventricular Groove
Posterior to the Left Atrium
Adjacent to the posterior mitral valve leaflet
✔✔Right Ventricular Wall Segments is seen on an Subcostal 4 Chamber? - ✔✔Inferior
✔✔Tall thin patients tend to have a more? - ✔✔Vertical Axis
✔✔Obese patients tend to have a more? - ✔✔Horizontal Axis
✔✔What point in the Cardiac Cycle is the Right Ventricle at it's Smallest Dimension? -
✔✔End Systole
✔✔Right Ventricle Fills with Blood During? - ✔✔Diastole
✔✔Which Chamber fills with blood during the Q - T Interval? - ✔✔Right and Left Atrium
✔✔Stroke Volume and Cardiac Output are Influenced by? - ✔✔Preload
Afterload
Myocardial Contractility
✔✔Diastole of the Heart Occurs when the Atria are? - ✔✔Atria are Emptying and
Ventricles are Filling with Blood
✔✔When does Diastole of the Heart Occur? - ✔✔Atria are Emptying and Ventricles are
Filling With Blood
✔✔Systole of the Heart Occurs? - ✔✔Ventricles Contract and Atria are filling with blood
✔✔When does Systole of the Heart Occur? - ✔✔Ventricles Contract and Atria are
Filling with Blood
✔✔A Thin Layer that provides Support to Atrial Walls - ✔✔Pectinate Muscle
✔✔Pericardial Fluid normally drains into? - ✔✔Lymphatic System
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What causes deformation of the PV leading to the display of an "A" wave on the
mmode tracing - ✔✔Right Atrial Contraction
✔✔The Interventricular Septum is normally seen with a mild bowing? - ✔✔Right
Ventricle
✔✔An Epicardial Fat Pad is - ✔✔Isolated Anterior Echo Free space and a Small
Pericardial Effusion will be demonstrated as an anechoic space posterior to the heart
✔✔Right Coronary Artery - ✔✔RV
IAS
Inferior LV Wall
Inferior Septal LV Wall
✔✔The Heart Tube normally? - ✔✔Anterior and to the right
✔✔The Aortic Valve is more resistant to regurgitation than? - ✔✔Mitral Valve
✔✔Branches of the Aorta (In order) - ✔✔Right Innominate Artery
Left Carotid Artery
Left Subclavian Artery
✔✔Which Cardiac Chamber is closest to the Spine? - ✔✔Left Atrium
✔✔Viscereal Layer of the Pericardium is also referred to as? - ✔✔Epicardium
✔✔Which Cardiac Chamber is the Most Anterior - ✔✔Right Ventricle
✔✔Central Venous Pressure refers to Pressure in - ✔✔Vena Cava
✔✔The Infundibulum is part of the? - ✔✔Proximal RVOT
✔✔The R:R Interval is? - ✔✔The time between the QRS Complex's
✔✔The normal R:R Interval is - ✔✔0.6 -1.0 msec, equates to 60 - 100 bpm
, ✔✔Valsalva Maneuver can? - ✔✔Decrease / Increase Venous Return
Decrease / Increase HR
✔✔The Coronary Sinus is located? - ✔✔Posterior Atrioventricular Groove
Posterior to the Left Atrium
Adjacent to the posterior mitral valve leaflet
✔✔Right Ventricular Wall Segments is seen on an Subcostal 4 Chamber? - ✔✔Inferior
✔✔Tall thin patients tend to have a more? - ✔✔Vertical Axis
✔✔Obese patients tend to have a more? - ✔✔Horizontal Axis
✔✔What point in the Cardiac Cycle is the Right Ventricle at it's Smallest Dimension? -
✔✔End Systole
✔✔Right Ventricle Fills with Blood During? - ✔✔Diastole
✔✔Which Chamber fills with blood during the Q - T Interval? - ✔✔Right and Left Atrium
✔✔Stroke Volume and Cardiac Output are Influenced by? - ✔✔Preload
Afterload
Myocardial Contractility
✔✔Diastole of the Heart Occurs when the Atria are? - ✔✔Atria are Emptying and
Ventricles are Filling with Blood
✔✔When does Diastole of the Heart Occur? - ✔✔Atria are Emptying and Ventricles are
Filling With Blood
✔✔Systole of the Heart Occurs? - ✔✔Ventricles Contract and Atria are filling with blood
✔✔When does Systole of the Heart Occur? - ✔✔Ventricles Contract and Atria are
Filling with Blood
✔✔A Thin Layer that provides Support to Atrial Walls - ✔✔Pectinate Muscle
✔✔Pericardial Fluid normally drains into? - ✔✔Lymphatic System
