CCI
STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAM IS MOST BENEFICIAL WITH PATIENTS WITH
SUSPECTED – answer CORNARY ARTERY DISEASE
WHAT DOPPLER MEASUREMENT IS NECESSARY TO CALCULATE THE END
DIASTOLIC PRESSURE IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY - answer END DIASTOLIC
VELOCITY OF PULMONARY REGURGITATION
A PATIENT IS REFFERED TO THE ECHO LAB DUE TO A HISTORY OF CHRONIC
RENAL FAILURE AND HYPERCALCEMIA, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE
LEAST LIKELY POTENTIAL ON THE EXAM? - answer INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
IF AN 82 YEAR OLF MALE PATIENT COMPLAINS SEVERAL WEEKS OF sob ABOUT
60 MIN AFTER GOING TO BED WITH NO OTHER SYMPTOMS OR CHANGE IN
HISTORY THIS SYMPTOM MOST LIKELY INDICATES - answer CONGESTIVE
HEART FAILURE
WHILE SCANNING AN ECHO YOU CHANGE THE GREY MAP TO A NEW CHOICE
AND CONTINUE TO SCAN, THIS WOULD TERMED A CHANGE IN WHAT? -
answerPRE-PROCESSING
A 28 YEAR OLD FEMALE PRESENTS WITH INCREASED WBC LEVELS 3 DAYS
POST WISDOM TEETH EXTRACTION. A NEW MURMUR IS DOCUMENTED ALONG
WITH INCREASING DOE, WHAT ABNORMALITY IS DISPLAYED ON THE ECHO? -
answerENDOCARDITIS
WHAT IS DRESSLERS SYNDROME? - answerpericarditis 4 weeks after acute MI
A REGGURGITANT JET FROM THE AORTIC VALVE FILLS 70 PERCENT OF THE
LVOT, THIS INDICATES - answerSEVERE
PARADOXICAL IVS MOTION IS A COMMON COMPLICATION OF WHAT -
answerHYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
WHEN PERFORMING A STRESS ECHO WITH A TREADMILL, THE POST
EXERCISE IMAGES MUST BE OBTAINED WITHIN HOW MANY SECONDS AFTER
THE TREADMILL HAS STOPPED FOR THE MOST ACCURATE EVALUATION OF
POTENTIAL CORONARY DISEASE - answer60 SECONDS
WHY DOES THE FOAMEN OVALE CLOSE IN MOST BABIES AFTER BIRTH -
answerDUE TO THE PRESSURE IN THE LEFT ATRIA HOLDING THE FLAP OF
TISSUE CLOSED OVER THE OPENING
,WHAT IS THE INTERNAL RIDGE OF TISSUE IN THE RIGHT ATRIUM THAT EXTENS
VERTICALLY BETWEEN THE SVC AND IVC - answerCRISTA TERMINALIS
THE MOST IMPORTANT CARDIAC STRUCTURE THAT SHOULD BE EVALUATED
IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED TAMPONADE - answerRIGHT VENTRICULAR
FREE WALL
A PATIENT PRESENTS FOR AN ECHO DUE TO SOB, MALAISE AND THE
PRESENCE OF OSLER NODES AND JANEWAY LESIONS. THE REFFERING
PHYSICIAN MOST LIKELY SUSPECTS - answerINFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
A 44 YEAR PATIENT PRESENTS FOR AN ECHO DUE TO A HEART MURMUR, YOU
IDENTIFY MITRAL VALCE PROLAPSE AND BICUSPID AO VALVE. WHAT OTHER
ABNORMALITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE? - answerCOARCTION
A PATIENT PRESENTS FOR AN ECHO AND IS 6'3 AND 380 LBS. WHICH
TRANDSUCER WOULD BE THE BEST - answer2MHz
A HARSH SYSTOLIC, CRESCENDO DECRESCENDO MURMUR IS HEARD AT THE
LEFT STERNAL BORDER MOST LIKELY INDICATED WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
ABNORMALITIES - answerHYPERTROPHIC SUBAORTIC STENOSIS
A 27 YEAR OLD PATIENT PRESENTS FOR A FOLLOW UP ECHO DUE TO
HISTORY OF SECUNDUM ASD THAT WAS DIAGNOSED 2 YEARS AGO, YOU ARE
VIEWING THE ARTIAL SEPTUM IN THE SUBCOSTAL VIEW AND APPLY COLOR
DOPPLER, NO FLOW IS DETECTED ACROSS THE SEPTUM. WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING COULD EXPLAIN THE LACK OF FLOW DISPLAYED ACROSS THE
DEFECT? - answerCOLOR DOPPLER PRF IS SET TOO HIGH
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STANDARD VIEWS WILL DEMONSTRATE THE
POSTERIOR LEAFLET OF THE TRICUSPID VALVE - answerPARASTERNAL RIGHT
VENTRICULAR INFLOW
A PATIENT PRESENTS WITH A HISTORY OF CARCINOID SYNDROME, WHICH OF
THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY EVALUATED FOR
RELATED FINDINGS - answerTRICUSPID VALVE
WHAT ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO THE DOPPLER SETTINGS WHEN
EVALUATING LEFT VENTRICULAR INFLOW IN A PATIENT WITH CONSTRICTIVE
PERICARDITIS? - answerDECREASE THE SWEEP SPEED
WHICH ECHO VIEW BEST DEMONSTRATES A MUSCULAR VSD USING COLOR
DOPPLER - answerSUBCOSTAL 4 CHAMBER
, FLATTENING OF THE IVS IS LEAST LIKELY TO BE CAUSED BY WHAT
CONDITION? - answer3mm MUSCULAR VSD
QpQs IS USED TO EVALUATE THE SEVERITY OF WHICH ABNORMALITY -
answerVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
THE CORNARY SINUS WILL DILATE WITH INCREASED PRESSURE WHERE? -
answerRIGHT ATRIAL
WHEN EVALUATING THE PISA RADIUS OF TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION
ON A TRANSTHORACIC ECHO HOW MUCH SHOULD THE COLOR DOPPLER
ZERO BASELINE BE MOVED DOWN TO - answer25-30 cm/s
INCREASING THE COLOR DOPPLER SAMPLE SIZE WILL DO WHAT TO THE
FRAME RATE - answerDECREASE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IDENTIFIED DURING
A CARDIAC CATH WILL BEST CORRELATE WITH DOPPLER ASSESEMENT OF
THE SAME PRESSURE GRADIENT? - answerMEAN GRADIENT
AN ACUTE FINDING FOR POST MI PATIENT IS THE RUPTURE OF A PAPILLARY
MUSCULE WITH SEVERE MR. WHAT CARDIAC WALL SUFFERS FROM THE
INFARCTION IN MOST OF THESE CASES OF PAPILLARY RUPTURE? -
answerINFERIOR
WHAT IS THE FIRST CHAMBER TO BE AFFECTED BY MV STENOSIS -
answerLEFT ATRIUM
WHAT DOPPLER MEASUREMENT CAN BE USED TO CALCULATE THE MEAN
DIASTOLIC PRESSURE IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY? - answerPEAK DIASTOLIC
VELOCITY OF PULMONIC REGURGITATION
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONGENITAL DEFECTS IS COMMONLY SEEN WITH
EBSTEINS ANOMALY? - answerSECUNDUM ASD
WHICH LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL IS SEEN ON APICAL 4 CHAMBER VIEW? -
answerINFEROSEPTAL
WHEN MEASURING THE PRESSURE HALF TIME OF THE MITRAL TRACING IT IS
IMPORTANT TO DO WHAT? - answerINCREASE THE SWEEP SPEED
HOW DO YOU CORRECT BEAM WIDTH ARTIFACT ON A DOPPLER TRACING? -
answerUSE A SMALLER SAMPLE SIZE
WHAT IS THE DOPPLER SHIFT? - answerTHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
TRANSMITTED FREQUENCY AND THE REFLECTED FREQUENCY
STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAM IS MOST BENEFICIAL WITH PATIENTS WITH
SUSPECTED – answer CORNARY ARTERY DISEASE
WHAT DOPPLER MEASUREMENT IS NECESSARY TO CALCULATE THE END
DIASTOLIC PRESSURE IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY - answer END DIASTOLIC
VELOCITY OF PULMONARY REGURGITATION
A PATIENT IS REFFERED TO THE ECHO LAB DUE TO A HISTORY OF CHRONIC
RENAL FAILURE AND HYPERCALCEMIA, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE
LEAST LIKELY POTENTIAL ON THE EXAM? - answer INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
IF AN 82 YEAR OLF MALE PATIENT COMPLAINS SEVERAL WEEKS OF sob ABOUT
60 MIN AFTER GOING TO BED WITH NO OTHER SYMPTOMS OR CHANGE IN
HISTORY THIS SYMPTOM MOST LIKELY INDICATES - answer CONGESTIVE
HEART FAILURE
WHILE SCANNING AN ECHO YOU CHANGE THE GREY MAP TO A NEW CHOICE
AND CONTINUE TO SCAN, THIS WOULD TERMED A CHANGE IN WHAT? -
answerPRE-PROCESSING
A 28 YEAR OLD FEMALE PRESENTS WITH INCREASED WBC LEVELS 3 DAYS
POST WISDOM TEETH EXTRACTION. A NEW MURMUR IS DOCUMENTED ALONG
WITH INCREASING DOE, WHAT ABNORMALITY IS DISPLAYED ON THE ECHO? -
answerENDOCARDITIS
WHAT IS DRESSLERS SYNDROME? - answerpericarditis 4 weeks after acute MI
A REGGURGITANT JET FROM THE AORTIC VALVE FILLS 70 PERCENT OF THE
LVOT, THIS INDICATES - answerSEVERE
PARADOXICAL IVS MOTION IS A COMMON COMPLICATION OF WHAT -
answerHYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
WHEN PERFORMING A STRESS ECHO WITH A TREADMILL, THE POST
EXERCISE IMAGES MUST BE OBTAINED WITHIN HOW MANY SECONDS AFTER
THE TREADMILL HAS STOPPED FOR THE MOST ACCURATE EVALUATION OF
POTENTIAL CORONARY DISEASE - answer60 SECONDS
WHY DOES THE FOAMEN OVALE CLOSE IN MOST BABIES AFTER BIRTH -
answerDUE TO THE PRESSURE IN THE LEFT ATRIA HOLDING THE FLAP OF
TISSUE CLOSED OVER THE OPENING
,WHAT IS THE INTERNAL RIDGE OF TISSUE IN THE RIGHT ATRIUM THAT EXTENS
VERTICALLY BETWEEN THE SVC AND IVC - answerCRISTA TERMINALIS
THE MOST IMPORTANT CARDIAC STRUCTURE THAT SHOULD BE EVALUATED
IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED TAMPONADE - answerRIGHT VENTRICULAR
FREE WALL
A PATIENT PRESENTS FOR AN ECHO DUE TO SOB, MALAISE AND THE
PRESENCE OF OSLER NODES AND JANEWAY LESIONS. THE REFFERING
PHYSICIAN MOST LIKELY SUSPECTS - answerINFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
A 44 YEAR PATIENT PRESENTS FOR AN ECHO DUE TO A HEART MURMUR, YOU
IDENTIFY MITRAL VALCE PROLAPSE AND BICUSPID AO VALVE. WHAT OTHER
ABNORMALITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE? - answerCOARCTION
A PATIENT PRESENTS FOR AN ECHO AND IS 6'3 AND 380 LBS. WHICH
TRANDSUCER WOULD BE THE BEST - answer2MHz
A HARSH SYSTOLIC, CRESCENDO DECRESCENDO MURMUR IS HEARD AT THE
LEFT STERNAL BORDER MOST LIKELY INDICATED WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
ABNORMALITIES - answerHYPERTROPHIC SUBAORTIC STENOSIS
A 27 YEAR OLD PATIENT PRESENTS FOR A FOLLOW UP ECHO DUE TO
HISTORY OF SECUNDUM ASD THAT WAS DIAGNOSED 2 YEARS AGO, YOU ARE
VIEWING THE ARTIAL SEPTUM IN THE SUBCOSTAL VIEW AND APPLY COLOR
DOPPLER, NO FLOW IS DETECTED ACROSS THE SEPTUM. WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING COULD EXPLAIN THE LACK OF FLOW DISPLAYED ACROSS THE
DEFECT? - answerCOLOR DOPPLER PRF IS SET TOO HIGH
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STANDARD VIEWS WILL DEMONSTRATE THE
POSTERIOR LEAFLET OF THE TRICUSPID VALVE - answerPARASTERNAL RIGHT
VENTRICULAR INFLOW
A PATIENT PRESENTS WITH A HISTORY OF CARCINOID SYNDROME, WHICH OF
THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY EVALUATED FOR
RELATED FINDINGS - answerTRICUSPID VALVE
WHAT ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO THE DOPPLER SETTINGS WHEN
EVALUATING LEFT VENTRICULAR INFLOW IN A PATIENT WITH CONSTRICTIVE
PERICARDITIS? - answerDECREASE THE SWEEP SPEED
WHICH ECHO VIEW BEST DEMONSTRATES A MUSCULAR VSD USING COLOR
DOPPLER - answerSUBCOSTAL 4 CHAMBER
, FLATTENING OF THE IVS IS LEAST LIKELY TO BE CAUSED BY WHAT
CONDITION? - answer3mm MUSCULAR VSD
QpQs IS USED TO EVALUATE THE SEVERITY OF WHICH ABNORMALITY -
answerVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
THE CORNARY SINUS WILL DILATE WITH INCREASED PRESSURE WHERE? -
answerRIGHT ATRIAL
WHEN EVALUATING THE PISA RADIUS OF TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION
ON A TRANSTHORACIC ECHO HOW MUCH SHOULD THE COLOR DOPPLER
ZERO BASELINE BE MOVED DOWN TO - answer25-30 cm/s
INCREASING THE COLOR DOPPLER SAMPLE SIZE WILL DO WHAT TO THE
FRAME RATE - answerDECREASE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IDENTIFIED DURING
A CARDIAC CATH WILL BEST CORRELATE WITH DOPPLER ASSESEMENT OF
THE SAME PRESSURE GRADIENT? - answerMEAN GRADIENT
AN ACUTE FINDING FOR POST MI PATIENT IS THE RUPTURE OF A PAPILLARY
MUSCULE WITH SEVERE MR. WHAT CARDIAC WALL SUFFERS FROM THE
INFARCTION IN MOST OF THESE CASES OF PAPILLARY RUPTURE? -
answerINFERIOR
WHAT IS THE FIRST CHAMBER TO BE AFFECTED BY MV STENOSIS -
answerLEFT ATRIUM
WHAT DOPPLER MEASUREMENT CAN BE USED TO CALCULATE THE MEAN
DIASTOLIC PRESSURE IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY? - answerPEAK DIASTOLIC
VELOCITY OF PULMONIC REGURGITATION
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONGENITAL DEFECTS IS COMMONLY SEEN WITH
EBSTEINS ANOMALY? - answerSECUNDUM ASD
WHICH LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL IS SEEN ON APICAL 4 CHAMBER VIEW? -
answerINFEROSEPTAL
WHEN MEASURING THE PRESSURE HALF TIME OF THE MITRAL TRACING IT IS
IMPORTANT TO DO WHAT? - answerINCREASE THE SWEEP SPEED
HOW DO YOU CORRECT BEAM WIDTH ARTIFACT ON A DOPPLER TRACING? -
answerUSE A SMALLER SAMPLE SIZE
WHAT IS THE DOPPLER SHIFT? - answerTHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
TRANSMITTED FREQUENCY AND THE REFLECTED FREQUENCY
