1 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
IABP eLearning: Therapy Program Questions
and Answers Already Graded A
The Intra-aortic balloon is most commonly inserted through the:
Femoral Artery
Brachial artery
Carotid artery
Renal artery
✓✓ Femoral Artery
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Volume and pressure inside the left ventricle at the end of diastole is
referred to as:
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Afterload
Stroke Volume
Preload
Cardiac output
✓✓ Preload
Resistance to flow or impedance to ventricular ejection is referred to as:
Preload
Afterload
Cardiac output
Stroke Volume
✓✓ Afterload
Coronary arteries receive the majority of arterial blood supply during:
Systole
Diastole
Ventricular repolarization
Isovolumetric contraction
, 2 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
✓✓ Diastole
The primary effects of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation are:
Increased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen
supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen
supply
Increased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen supply
✓✓ Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen supply
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Intra-aortic balloons are indicated for:
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Prophylactic support for PTCA or anesthesia induction, incompetent aortic
valve, and cerebral stroke
End stage cardiac disease, incompetent aortic valve, cardiogenic shock,
septic shock
Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and
complications of heart failure
Brain death, sheathless insertion with severe obesity or scarring of the groin,
carotid artery surgery
✓✓ Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and
complications of heart failure
Diastolic Augmentation can be affected by:
Timing
IAB Position
Patient hemodynamics
All of the above
✓✓ All of the above
Restriction of gas flow through the IAB may be caused by:
Decreased SVR
IABP eLearning: Therapy Program Questions
and Answers Already Graded A
The Intra-aortic balloon is most commonly inserted through the:
Femoral Artery
Brachial artery
Carotid artery
Renal artery
✓✓ Femoral Artery
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Volume and pressure inside the left ventricle at the end of diastole is
referred to as:
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Afterload
Stroke Volume
Preload
Cardiac output
✓✓ Preload
Resistance to flow or impedance to ventricular ejection is referred to as:
Preload
Afterload
Cardiac output
Stroke Volume
✓✓ Afterload
Coronary arteries receive the majority of arterial blood supply during:
Systole
Diastole
Ventricular repolarization
Isovolumetric contraction
, 2 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
✓✓ Diastole
The primary effects of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation are:
Increased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen
supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen
supply
Increased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen supply
✓✓ Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen supply
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Intra-aortic balloons are indicated for:
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Prophylactic support for PTCA or anesthesia induction, incompetent aortic
valve, and cerebral stroke
End stage cardiac disease, incompetent aortic valve, cardiogenic shock,
septic shock
Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and
complications of heart failure
Brain death, sheathless insertion with severe obesity or scarring of the groin,
carotid artery surgery
✓✓ Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and
complications of heart failure
Diastolic Augmentation can be affected by:
Timing
IAB Position
Patient hemodynamics
All of the above
✓✓ All of the above
Restriction of gas flow through the IAB may be caused by:
Decreased SVR
