8/14/25, 12:05 AM ABIM Cardiology
ABIM Cardiology STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2025-2026 \LATEST
VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
DETAILED ANSWERS \VERIFIED 100% \ALREDAY GRADED A+
\LATEST UPDATE
a precordial impulse that may be felt (palpated) in
What is a parasternal impulse?
patients with cardiac or respiratory disease.
The following findings are Eisenmenger physiology and is the development of
consistent with what severe pulmonary hypertension related to congenital
pathophysiology? cardiac disease.
* cyanosisand clubbing.
* The pulmonic
component of the S2 is
increased
* electrocardiogram
demonstrates right axis
deviation and right
ventricular hypertrophy
with strain.
* chest radiograph
demonstrates
enlargement of the central
pulmonary arteries and
reduced peripheral
pulmonary vascularity
Treatment of heart failure with candesartan is an agent that has been studied in a large
preserved ejection fraction randomized controlled trial of HFPEF treatment and was
(HFPEF) is? associated with a reduction in hospitalizations.
* bicuspid aortic valve
Frequent cardiac
* aortic coarctation
abnormalities of Turner
* ascending aortic dilatation.
syndrome include?
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,8/14/25, 12:05 AM ABIM Cardiology
40% of patients with Down atrioventricular septal defect
syndrome have some form of
congenital heart disease,
most commonly what?
What test may be helpful for * High-sensitivity C-reactive protein level
reclassifying patients with an
intermediate cardiovascular * 10%-20%
risk as either high or low
risk?
What Framingham risk
score is considered
intermediate or high risk?
In patients with an 45 mm
ascending aortic diameter
greater than ___ mm at the
time of planned aortic
valve surgery, requires
repair of the ascending
aorta, performed by
placement of a graft
conduit or homograft, is
indicated and performed
concomitantly.
What regimen is indicated in spironolactone, ACE inhibitor and β-blocker
the treatment of severe
systolic heart failure (New
York Heart Association
class III-IV)?
nitrates
a β-blocker
All patients with an acute
aspirin
coronary syndrome should
clopidogrel (unless an increased risk of
receive what regimen?
bleeding exists), and a statin.
2/27
, 8/14/25, 12:05 AM ABIM Cardiology
antianginal therapy with nitrates and
a β-blocker heparin
Patients with a high-risk non- clopidogrel
ST-elevation myocardial glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor
infarction benefit from (eptifibatide) Statin
3/27
ABIM Cardiology STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2025-2026 \LATEST
VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
DETAILED ANSWERS \VERIFIED 100% \ALREDAY GRADED A+
\LATEST UPDATE
a precordial impulse that may be felt (palpated) in
What is a parasternal impulse?
patients with cardiac or respiratory disease.
The following findings are Eisenmenger physiology and is the development of
consistent with what severe pulmonary hypertension related to congenital
pathophysiology? cardiac disease.
* cyanosisand clubbing.
* The pulmonic
component of the S2 is
increased
* electrocardiogram
demonstrates right axis
deviation and right
ventricular hypertrophy
with strain.
* chest radiograph
demonstrates
enlargement of the central
pulmonary arteries and
reduced peripheral
pulmonary vascularity
Treatment of heart failure with candesartan is an agent that has been studied in a large
preserved ejection fraction randomized controlled trial of HFPEF treatment and was
(HFPEF) is? associated with a reduction in hospitalizations.
* bicuspid aortic valve
Frequent cardiac
* aortic coarctation
abnormalities of Turner
* ascending aortic dilatation.
syndrome include?
1/27
,8/14/25, 12:05 AM ABIM Cardiology
40% of patients with Down atrioventricular septal defect
syndrome have some form of
congenital heart disease,
most commonly what?
What test may be helpful for * High-sensitivity C-reactive protein level
reclassifying patients with an
intermediate cardiovascular * 10%-20%
risk as either high or low
risk?
What Framingham risk
score is considered
intermediate or high risk?
In patients with an 45 mm
ascending aortic diameter
greater than ___ mm at the
time of planned aortic
valve surgery, requires
repair of the ascending
aorta, performed by
placement of a graft
conduit or homograft, is
indicated and performed
concomitantly.
What regimen is indicated in spironolactone, ACE inhibitor and β-blocker
the treatment of severe
systolic heart failure (New
York Heart Association
class III-IV)?
nitrates
a β-blocker
All patients with an acute
aspirin
coronary syndrome should
clopidogrel (unless an increased risk of
receive what regimen?
bleeding exists), and a statin.
2/27
, 8/14/25, 12:05 AM ABIM Cardiology
antianginal therapy with nitrates and
a β-blocker heparin
Patients with a high-risk non- clopidogrel
ST-elevation myocardial glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor
infarction benefit from (eptifibatide) Statin
3/27
