Adult Echo Study Guide| 175 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Echocardiology serves as an ideal ___ method to examine cardiac anatomy in the normal as well as abnormal states. correct answer: Noninvasive List 3 possible pharmacological techniques for stress test. correct answer: 1. Dobutamine, 2. Adenosine, 3. Dipyridamine Myocardial ___ occurs when the regional oxygen supply is insufficient to meet the body's demand. correct answer: Ischemia 4 Indications for stress echocardiology. correct answer: 1. Screening for CAD, 2. Assessing states before and after intervention, 3. Determining prognosis after MI, 4. Evaluating hemodynamic significance of valvular heart disease 7 Contraindications for stress echocardiology. correct answer: 1. Recent MI, 2. Unstable angina, 3. potentially life-threatening dysrhythmia, 4. Acute pericarditis, 5. Severe hypertension, 6. Acute pulmonary embolism, 7. Critical aortic stenosis An exercise echocardiogram is considered positive if any of these (3) findings are present. correct answer: 1. Exercise-induced wall motion abnormality, 2. Increase in LV volume, 3. Decrease in global LV EF Which heart groove or sulci separates the atria from the ventricles? correct answer: The coronary or atrioventricular groove separates the atria from the ventricles. Within the groove lies the main trunk of the coronary arteries and the coronary sinus. Which of the following cardiology exams require a physician to perform? (Echo / Stress Echo / TEE / Color-flow Doppler) correct answer: TEE. Transesophageal Echocardiography What is the purpose of the pericardium? correct answer: 1. Reduce friction with cardiac movement, 2. Allow the heart to move freely with each beat, facilitating ejection and volume changes, 3. Contain the heart within the mediastinum (especially during trauma), 4. Serve as a barrier to infection.