ARDMS Adult Echo Board Prep 2026
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When using CW estimation of TR gradient for predicting PAP, what is the final step
required: - Correct answer documenting that there is no PS
associated w/ primum ASDs: - Correct answer cleft MV
IVC dilated & doesn't collapse: - Correct answer 15 mmHg
What is NOT a VSD:
subpuomonic
primum
muscular
subvalvular - Correct answer primum
Most posterior cardiac valve in chest: - Correct answer mitral
,On M-Mode, the LV diastolic dimension is measured at (what part of the EKG): -
Correct answer the start of the QRS
Valve ends IVRT: - Correct answer mitral opening
In a pt w/ COPD which transducer is best: - Correct answer 1.75 MHz (pick lowest)
in normal development, the last thing to close is: - Correct answer foramen ovale
NOT a frequency used in adult chest wall in Echo:
4.5 MHz
2.0 MHz
3.5 MHz
6.0 MHz
2.5 MHz - Correct answer 6 MHz
,The largest normal cardiac pressure is seen across what valve during what part of the
cardiac cycle: - Correct answer MV during systole
this NEVER occurs in cardiac cycle: - Correct answer AV open & MV open
What causes a left parasternal friction rub: - Correct answer pericarditis
a known complication of bioprosthetic heart valves: - Correct answer pannus
formation
When RBCs become damaged as they pass through a mechanical prosthetic valve the
patient is said to have: - Correct answer hemolysis
(= the destruction of RBCs leading to the release of hemoglobin)
Low risk pt for infective endocarditis include all EXCEPT:
CAD
prosthetic MV
aortitis
, pacemaker - Correct answer prosthetic MV
# and location of papillary muscles of normal MV: - Correct answer 2; the
posteromedial & anterolateral
MVP murmur: - Correct answer midsystolic click &/or late systolic murmur
papillary muscle dysfunction results from: - Correct answer ischemic heart disease
How many veins connect the pulmonary vascular bed w/ LA: - Correct answer 4
What M-Mode finding is considered to be a specific indicator of a fenestrated AV: -
Correct answer diastolic flutter of AV
Pseudoaneurysm: - Correct answer a smaller, more narrow neck than a true
aneurysm
Best view for Ebstein's anomaly: - Correct answer A4C
comprehensive EXAM (Latest
UPDATE) Questions & Answers 100%
Correct
When using CW estimation of TR gradient for predicting PAP, what is the final step
required: - Correct answer documenting that there is no PS
associated w/ primum ASDs: - Correct answer cleft MV
IVC dilated & doesn't collapse: - Correct answer 15 mmHg
What is NOT a VSD:
subpuomonic
primum
muscular
subvalvular - Correct answer primum
Most posterior cardiac valve in chest: - Correct answer mitral
,On M-Mode, the LV diastolic dimension is measured at (what part of the EKG): -
Correct answer the start of the QRS
Valve ends IVRT: - Correct answer mitral opening
In a pt w/ COPD which transducer is best: - Correct answer 1.75 MHz (pick lowest)
in normal development, the last thing to close is: - Correct answer foramen ovale
NOT a frequency used in adult chest wall in Echo:
4.5 MHz
2.0 MHz
3.5 MHz
6.0 MHz
2.5 MHz - Correct answer 6 MHz
,The largest normal cardiac pressure is seen across what valve during what part of the
cardiac cycle: - Correct answer MV during systole
this NEVER occurs in cardiac cycle: - Correct answer AV open & MV open
What causes a left parasternal friction rub: - Correct answer pericarditis
a known complication of bioprosthetic heart valves: - Correct answer pannus
formation
When RBCs become damaged as they pass through a mechanical prosthetic valve the
patient is said to have: - Correct answer hemolysis
(= the destruction of RBCs leading to the release of hemoglobin)
Low risk pt for infective endocarditis include all EXCEPT:
CAD
prosthetic MV
aortitis
, pacemaker - Correct answer prosthetic MV
# and location of papillary muscles of normal MV: - Correct answer 2; the
posteromedial & anterolateral
MVP murmur: - Correct answer midsystolic click &/or late systolic murmur
papillary muscle dysfunction results from: - Correct answer ischemic heart disease
How many veins connect the pulmonary vascular bed w/ LA: - Correct answer 4
What M-Mode finding is considered to be a specific indicator of a fenestrated AV: -
Correct answer diastolic flutter of AV
Pseudoaneurysm: - Correct answer a smaller, more narrow neck than a true
aneurysm
Best view for Ebstein's anomaly: - Correct answer A4C
