ARRT CI 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED
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✔✔what is hypovolemia? - ✔✔low volume of plasma
✔✔how to treat hypovolemia from ischemia or vasovagal reaction? - ✔✔atropine
✔✔how to treat drug induced hypovolemia? - ✔✔narcan for narcotics and flumazenil for
benzodiazepines
✔✔you see V-FIB, whats next? - ✔✔unsynchronized cardioversion
✔✔persistent VT occurs, what drip might the doctor ask for? - ✔✔amiodarone, 150 mg
IV bolus
✔✔sustained v-tach persists after catheter removal, whats next - ✔✔perform
cardioversion
✔✔what IV drip is an alternative to amiodarone? - ✔✔lidocaine, 1 to 1.5 mg bolus
✔✔patient goes into asystole, whats next? - ✔✔CPR, give epinephrine every 3-5
minutes
✔✔causes of PE? - ✔✔HYPOVOLEMIA, PERICADIAL TAMPONADE, MASSIVE PE
✔✔patient is stable, but in SVT. whats next? - ✔✔synchronized cardioversion
✔✔in SVT, the ventricular response can be controlled by what drug? - ✔✔beta-blocker
or IV diltiazem
✔✔indications for IABP? - ✔✔cardiogenic shock, acute MI w/ complex impairement
✔✔contraindications for IABP - ✔✔abnomaility of femoral/iliac arteries, aortic dissection,
AI
✔✔what does IABP do? - ✔✔lowers myocardial oxygen demand, raises diastolic
pressure and coronary blood flow
✔✔when does the IABP inflate? - ✔✔in diastole at the dicrotic notch
✔✔when does the IABP deflate? - ✔✔just before systole
✔✔what does the impella do? - ✔✔provides direct unloading of LV
, ✔✔benefits of impella - ✔✔lowers filling pressures/volumes and raises CO
✔✔contraindications of impella? - ✔✔LV thrombus, severe AV stenosis, PAD
✔✔what is the tandem heart - ✔✔LA to femoral artery bypass
✔✔what does ECMO do? - ✔✔removes carbon dioxide and adds oxygen to the blood
through an artificial membrane
✔✔what does FFR do? - ✔✔determines ischemic potential of a lesion
✔✔GP IIa/IIIb blockers are what type of drug - ✔✔antiplatelet
✔✔abciximab brand name - ✔✔reo pro
✔✔eptifibatide brand name - ✔✔integrilin
✔✔what type of drug is nitroprusside - ✔✔vasodilator
✔✔what does the RCA feed? - ✔✔RA, RV, INF, PORTIONS OF INF. AND POST.
SURFACES OF LV
✔✔WHAT DOES LCA FEED? - ✔✔ANT. AND PART OF LAT. SURFACE OF LV,
ANTERIOR 2/3 OF INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM
✔✔WHAT DOES THE CIRCUMFLEX FEED - ✔✔LA, PART OF LAT SURFACE OF LV,
15% OF INF. AND POST. SURFACE OF LV
✔✔Types of atherosclerosis - ✔✔CHRONIC ENDOTHELIAL INJURY, FATTY STREAK,
FIBROUS PLAQUE, COMPLICATED LESION
✔✔WHAT MAKE BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY EFFECTIVE? - ✔✔FRACTURES AND
SPLITS THE PLAQUE
✔✔WHEN DOES INSTENT RESTENOSIS TYPICALLY OCCUR - ✔✔INITIAL 6
MONTHS AFTER PCI
✔✔INSTENT RE-STENOSIS RATE FOR des - ✔✔LESS THAN 10%
✔✔CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR PCI - ✔✔UNSUITABLE CORONARY ANATOMY,
NON-COMPLIANT PATIENT WITH DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY, MUTLIPLE IN-
STENT RE-STENOSIS
✔✔ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - ✔✔hardening of the arteries
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✔✔what is hypovolemia? - ✔✔low volume of plasma
✔✔how to treat hypovolemia from ischemia or vasovagal reaction? - ✔✔atropine
✔✔how to treat drug induced hypovolemia? - ✔✔narcan for narcotics and flumazenil for
benzodiazepines
✔✔you see V-FIB, whats next? - ✔✔unsynchronized cardioversion
✔✔persistent VT occurs, what drip might the doctor ask for? - ✔✔amiodarone, 150 mg
IV bolus
✔✔sustained v-tach persists after catheter removal, whats next - ✔✔perform
cardioversion
✔✔what IV drip is an alternative to amiodarone? - ✔✔lidocaine, 1 to 1.5 mg bolus
✔✔patient goes into asystole, whats next? - ✔✔CPR, give epinephrine every 3-5
minutes
✔✔causes of PE? - ✔✔HYPOVOLEMIA, PERICADIAL TAMPONADE, MASSIVE PE
✔✔patient is stable, but in SVT. whats next? - ✔✔synchronized cardioversion
✔✔in SVT, the ventricular response can be controlled by what drug? - ✔✔beta-blocker
or IV diltiazem
✔✔indications for IABP? - ✔✔cardiogenic shock, acute MI w/ complex impairement
✔✔contraindications for IABP - ✔✔abnomaility of femoral/iliac arteries, aortic dissection,
AI
✔✔what does IABP do? - ✔✔lowers myocardial oxygen demand, raises diastolic
pressure and coronary blood flow
✔✔when does the IABP inflate? - ✔✔in diastole at the dicrotic notch
✔✔when does the IABP deflate? - ✔✔just before systole
✔✔what does the impella do? - ✔✔provides direct unloading of LV
, ✔✔benefits of impella - ✔✔lowers filling pressures/volumes and raises CO
✔✔contraindications of impella? - ✔✔LV thrombus, severe AV stenosis, PAD
✔✔what is the tandem heart - ✔✔LA to femoral artery bypass
✔✔what does ECMO do? - ✔✔removes carbon dioxide and adds oxygen to the blood
through an artificial membrane
✔✔what does FFR do? - ✔✔determines ischemic potential of a lesion
✔✔GP IIa/IIIb blockers are what type of drug - ✔✔antiplatelet
✔✔abciximab brand name - ✔✔reo pro
✔✔eptifibatide brand name - ✔✔integrilin
✔✔what type of drug is nitroprusside - ✔✔vasodilator
✔✔what does the RCA feed? - ✔✔RA, RV, INF, PORTIONS OF INF. AND POST.
SURFACES OF LV
✔✔WHAT DOES LCA FEED? - ✔✔ANT. AND PART OF LAT. SURFACE OF LV,
ANTERIOR 2/3 OF INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM
✔✔WHAT DOES THE CIRCUMFLEX FEED - ✔✔LA, PART OF LAT SURFACE OF LV,
15% OF INF. AND POST. SURFACE OF LV
✔✔Types of atherosclerosis - ✔✔CHRONIC ENDOTHELIAL INJURY, FATTY STREAK,
FIBROUS PLAQUE, COMPLICATED LESION
✔✔WHAT MAKE BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY EFFECTIVE? - ✔✔FRACTURES AND
SPLITS THE PLAQUE
✔✔WHEN DOES INSTENT RESTENOSIS TYPICALLY OCCUR - ✔✔INITIAL 6
MONTHS AFTER PCI
✔✔INSTENT RE-STENOSIS RATE FOR des - ✔✔LESS THAN 10%
✔✔CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR PCI - ✔✔UNSUITABLE CORONARY ANATOMY,
NON-COMPLIANT PATIENT WITH DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY, MUTLIPLE IN-
STENT RE-STENOSIS
✔✔ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - ✔✔hardening of the arteries
