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1. Which cardiac condition involves thickening of the B. ventricular hypertrophy
muscle wall of the right lower chamber of the heart?
A. Ventricular septal defect
B. Ventricular hypertrophy
C. Pulmonary Stenosis
D. Patent ductus arteriosus
2. Which one of the following is NOT an underlying cause B. stable angina
of obstructed coronary artery blood flow by a throm-
bus?
A. Acute myocardial infarction
B. Stable angina
C. Sudden Coronary death
D. Unstable angina
3. Diastolic heart failure is a result of impairment in the? B. left ventricle
A. right atrium
B. left ventricle
C. right ventricle
D. left atrium
4. Which one of the following conditions is an acute, D. Kawasaki syndrome
febrile, immune-mediated disease characterized by
vasculitis leading to coronary artery aneurysm?
A. Measles
B. Epstein Barr infection
C. Rocky mountain spotted fever
D. Kawasaki syndrome
5. Pediatric patients with tetralogy of Fallot have C. tet spells
episodes of bluish skin during crying and feeding that
are called?
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A. tachypnea
B. dyspnea
C. tet spells
D. Cheyne-stokes breathing
6. Which of the following is NOT a Virchow's triad risk D. peripheral nervous sys-
factor for deep vein thrombosis? tem damage
A. Hypercoagulability
B. Endothelial injury
C. Stasis
D. Peripheral nervous system damage
7. Which congenital heart defect involves an abnormal A. atrial septal defect
opening between the atria that is expected to close
without surgical intervention by 12 months of age?
A. atrial septal defect
B. ventricular septal defect
C. patent ductus arteriosus
D. tetralogy of Fallot
8. A congenital heart defect that warrants emergency B. a cyanotic defect
medical and surgical intervention is? that decreases pulmonary
A. an acyanotic defect that increases pulmonary blood blood flow
flow
B. a cyanotic defect that decreases pulmonary blood
flow
C. a stenotic lesion with poor blood flow from ventri-
cles
D. a cyanotic mixed defect with increased pulmonary
blood flow
9. The primary function of the heart is?
A. to maintain pressure throughout the cardiovascular
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system C. to pump blood through
B. to generate the flow of blood to the right ventricle the body via the circulatory
C. to pump blood through the body via the circulatory system
system
D. to excrete carbon monoxide from the blood
10. The formation of an atherosclerotic lesion in the arte- C. LDL
rial wall is related to high levels of?
A. cholesterol
B. HDL
C. LDL
D. triglycerides
11. An elevation of which laboratory finding is indicative of A. troponin
a myocardial infarction?
A. troponin
B. CK-MB
C. BNP
D. potassium
12. What is the purpose of activation of the SNS, the RAAS, B. production of arterial
and the antidiuretic system in the presence of im- vasoconstriction
paired cardiac pumping and/or filling?
A. promotion of venous relaxation
B. production of arterial vasoconstriction
C. decrease in venous pressure
D. decrease in ventricular filling
13. Which one of the following congenital heart defects A. aortic stenosis
does NOT depend on left to right shunting through
ductus arteriosus for pulmonary circulation?
A. Aortic stenosis
B. Pulmonary atresia
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1. Which cardiac condition involves thickening of the B. ventricular hypertrophy
muscle wall of the right lower chamber of the heart?
A. Ventricular septal defect
B. Ventricular hypertrophy
C. Pulmonary Stenosis
D. Patent ductus arteriosus
2. Which one of the following is NOT an underlying cause B. stable angina
of obstructed coronary artery blood flow by a throm-
bus?
A. Acute myocardial infarction
B. Stable angina
C. Sudden Coronary death
D. Unstable angina
3. Diastolic heart failure is a result of impairment in the? B. left ventricle
A. right atrium
B. left ventricle
C. right ventricle
D. left atrium
4. Which one of the following conditions is an acute, D. Kawasaki syndrome
febrile, immune-mediated disease characterized by
vasculitis leading to coronary artery aneurysm?
A. Measles
B. Epstein Barr infection
C. Rocky mountain spotted fever
D. Kawasaki syndrome
5. Pediatric patients with tetralogy of Fallot have C. tet spells
episodes of bluish skin during crying and feeding that
are called?
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A. tachypnea
B. dyspnea
C. tet spells
D. Cheyne-stokes breathing
6. Which of the following is NOT a Virchow's triad risk D. peripheral nervous sys-
factor for deep vein thrombosis? tem damage
A. Hypercoagulability
B. Endothelial injury
C. Stasis
D. Peripheral nervous system damage
7. Which congenital heart defect involves an abnormal A. atrial septal defect
opening between the atria that is expected to close
without surgical intervention by 12 months of age?
A. atrial septal defect
B. ventricular septal defect
C. patent ductus arteriosus
D. tetralogy of Fallot
8. A congenital heart defect that warrants emergency B. a cyanotic defect
medical and surgical intervention is? that decreases pulmonary
A. an acyanotic defect that increases pulmonary blood blood flow
flow
B. a cyanotic defect that decreases pulmonary blood
flow
C. a stenotic lesion with poor blood flow from ventri-
cles
D. a cyanotic mixed defect with increased pulmonary
blood flow
9. The primary function of the heart is?
A. to maintain pressure throughout the cardiovascular
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system C. to pump blood through
B. to generate the flow of blood to the right ventricle the body via the circulatory
C. to pump blood through the body via the circulatory system
system
D. to excrete carbon monoxide from the blood
10. The formation of an atherosclerotic lesion in the arte- C. LDL
rial wall is related to high levels of?
A. cholesterol
B. HDL
C. LDL
D. triglycerides
11. An elevation of which laboratory finding is indicative of A. troponin
a myocardial infarction?
A. troponin
B. CK-MB
C. BNP
D. potassium
12. What is the purpose of activation of the SNS, the RAAS, B. production of arterial
and the antidiuretic system in the presence of im- vasoconstriction
paired cardiac pumping and/or filling?
A. promotion of venous relaxation
B. production of arterial vasoconstriction
C. decrease in venous pressure
D. decrease in ventricular filling
13. Which one of the following congenital heart defects A. aortic stenosis
does NOT depend on left to right shunting through
ductus arteriosus for pulmonary circulation?
A. Aortic stenosis
B. Pulmonary atresia
