CCI ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Amyloid and sarcoid are what type of cardiac abnormalities? ANSW✅✅Restrictive
Hemochromatosis is... ANSW✅✅excess iron
"Ground glass" appearance is related to... (pg. 123) ANSW✅✅infiltrative myocarditis
Amyloid LAX- PV inflow will have _____ systolic velocity ANSW✅✅Low
A restrictive CM has which of the following? ANSW✅✅Decreased LV compliance
A typical ejection fraction in a dilated MC pt might be (for a HCM pt) ANSW✅✅-15-25%
The majority of ventricular filling occurs during... ANSW✅✅first third of diastole
If a pt has a normal MV inflow but Pulm veins showed a decreased S-wave and D-wave, consider that
they might have a ___________ pattern. ANSW✅✅pseudonormal
A pericardial effusion can often be seen in patients with... ANSW✅✅Renal Failure
Pericardial Effusion Grading Criteria: Small? Med? Large? ANSW✅✅Small: posterior fluid <1cm
Med: anterior and posterior <1cm
Large: surrounding the heart >1cm
Where does the oblique sinus of the pericardium lie? ANSW✅✅Posterior to the LA in the PLAX
view
, Beck's Triad? 3 options: ANSW✅✅a. elevated venous pressure
b. Hypotension
c. Quiet Heart
The most sensitive way to diagnose cardiac tamponade is: ANSW✅✅Respiratory variation
What cardiac condition would prevent diastolic right ventricular collapse? ANSW✅✅Pulmonary
Hypertension
Patients in tamponade cannot _________ ANSW✅✅Lay flat
flow variation in tamponade can get a false positive if: ANSW✅✅a. unstable sample volume
b. COPD
c. pleural effusion
What other pericardial abnormality also causes impaired ventriular filling? ANSW✅✅Constrictive
pericarditis
A huge, dilated PA, severe TR and RV enlargement best describes: ANSW✅✅Pulmonary
Hypertension
What is represented with a decreased "a" wave and a flying W? ANSW✅✅Pulmonary
hypertention by M-Mode
Decreased 'a' wave means.. ANSW✅✅PHTN
Your pt has PHTN with a dilated IVC (3cm) which collapsed 50% with sniff. Estimated the RA
pressure: ANSW✅✅15mmHg
What is the most common (mechanical) complication of an MI. ANSW✅✅Aneurysm formation
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Amyloid and sarcoid are what type of cardiac abnormalities? ANSW✅✅Restrictive
Hemochromatosis is... ANSW✅✅excess iron
"Ground glass" appearance is related to... (pg. 123) ANSW✅✅infiltrative myocarditis
Amyloid LAX- PV inflow will have _____ systolic velocity ANSW✅✅Low
A restrictive CM has which of the following? ANSW✅✅Decreased LV compliance
A typical ejection fraction in a dilated MC pt might be (for a HCM pt) ANSW✅✅-15-25%
The majority of ventricular filling occurs during... ANSW✅✅first third of diastole
If a pt has a normal MV inflow but Pulm veins showed a decreased S-wave and D-wave, consider that
they might have a ___________ pattern. ANSW✅✅pseudonormal
A pericardial effusion can often be seen in patients with... ANSW✅✅Renal Failure
Pericardial Effusion Grading Criteria: Small? Med? Large? ANSW✅✅Small: posterior fluid <1cm
Med: anterior and posterior <1cm
Large: surrounding the heart >1cm
Where does the oblique sinus of the pericardium lie? ANSW✅✅Posterior to the LA in the PLAX
view
, Beck's Triad? 3 options: ANSW✅✅a. elevated venous pressure
b. Hypotension
c. Quiet Heart
The most sensitive way to diagnose cardiac tamponade is: ANSW✅✅Respiratory variation
What cardiac condition would prevent diastolic right ventricular collapse? ANSW✅✅Pulmonary
Hypertension
Patients in tamponade cannot _________ ANSW✅✅Lay flat
flow variation in tamponade can get a false positive if: ANSW✅✅a. unstable sample volume
b. COPD
c. pleural effusion
What other pericardial abnormality also causes impaired ventriular filling? ANSW✅✅Constrictive
pericarditis
A huge, dilated PA, severe TR and RV enlargement best describes: ANSW✅✅Pulmonary
Hypertension
What is represented with a decreased "a" wave and a flying W? ANSW✅✅Pulmonary
hypertention by M-Mode
Decreased 'a' wave means.. ANSW✅✅PHTN
Your pt has PHTN with a dilated IVC (3cm) which collapsed 50% with sniff. Estimated the RA
pressure: ANSW✅✅15mmHg
What is the most common (mechanical) complication of an MI. ANSW✅✅Aneurysm formation
