ARDMS exam prep with correct answers |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
What structures aid in stabilizing each AV valve from protruding into the atria?
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A. Chordae Tendinae
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B. Myocardial tendons
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C. Fibrous strands
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D. Papillary Muscles - correct answer✔✔A
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What portion of the ECG is best for diagnosis of myocardial ischemia or injury?
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A. QRS complex
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B. ST segment
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C. QT interval
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D. PR interval - correct answer✔✔B
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On the mitral valve inflow Doppler tracing of a patient with constrictive pericarditis, the E
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velocity will be: |||\\\ |||\\\
A. increased >25% upon inspiration and decreased with expiration
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B. decreased <25% upon expiration and increased with inspiration
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C. Increased <25% upon inspiration and decreased with expiration
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,D. Decreased >25% upon inspiration and increased expiration - correct answer✔✔D
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An ausculatory finding in constrictive pericarditis may be:
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A. pericardial knock
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B. honking sound
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C. pericardial rub
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D. Carvallo's sign - correct answer✔✔A
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Right ventricular early diastolic collapse seen on M-mode echocardiography suggests:
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A. cardiac tamponade
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B. constrictive pericarditis
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C. pleural effusion
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D. pericarditis - correct answer✔✔A
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The most common cardiac valve tumor is:
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A. myxoma |||\\\
B. Lipoma |||\\\
C. Rhabdomyoma
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D. Fibroelastoma - correct answer✔✔D
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A high density, well defined spectral Doppler tracing of mitral regurgitation may indicate:
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A. LAE |||\\\
, B. Late closure of MV
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C. Mild regurgitation
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D. severe regurgitation - correct answer✔✔D
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Patients with constrictive pericarditis typically go into heart failure due to:
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A. increased pulmonary pressures
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B. Diastolic dysfunction
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C. systolic dysfunction
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D. increased pericardial pressure - correct answer✔✔B
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What is the finding with Chagas disease, which helps to identify it as the cause of dilated
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cardiomyopathy?
A. left ventricular apical aneurysm
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B. Mitral regurgitation
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C. Dilated left ventricle
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D. dilated right ventricle - correct answer✔✔A
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Maneuvers that mat decrease left ventricular volume and provoke mitral prolapse include:
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A. supine to standing position
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What structures aid in stabilizing each AV valve from protruding into the atria?
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A. Chordae Tendinae
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B. Myocardial tendons
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C. Fibrous strands
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D. Papillary Muscles - correct answer✔✔A
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What portion of the ECG is best for diagnosis of myocardial ischemia or injury?
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A. QRS complex
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B. ST segment
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C. QT interval
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D. PR interval - correct answer✔✔B
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On the mitral valve inflow Doppler tracing of a patient with constrictive pericarditis, the E
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velocity will be: |||\\\ |||\\\
A. increased >25% upon inspiration and decreased with expiration
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B. decreased <25% upon expiration and increased with inspiration
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C. Increased <25% upon inspiration and decreased with expiration
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,D. Decreased >25% upon inspiration and increased expiration - correct answer✔✔D
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An ausculatory finding in constrictive pericarditis may be:
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A. pericardial knock
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B. honking sound
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C. pericardial rub
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D. Carvallo's sign - correct answer✔✔A
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Right ventricular early diastolic collapse seen on M-mode echocardiography suggests:
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A. cardiac tamponade
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B. constrictive pericarditis
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C. pleural effusion
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D. pericarditis - correct answer✔✔A
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The most common cardiac valve tumor is:
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A. myxoma |||\\\
B. Lipoma |||\\\
C. Rhabdomyoma
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D. Fibroelastoma - correct answer✔✔D
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A high density, well defined spectral Doppler tracing of mitral regurgitation may indicate:
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A. LAE |||\\\
, B. Late closure of MV
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C. Mild regurgitation
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D. severe regurgitation - correct answer✔✔D
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Patients with constrictive pericarditis typically go into heart failure due to:
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A. increased pulmonary pressures
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B. Diastolic dysfunction
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C. systolic dysfunction
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D. increased pericardial pressure - correct answer✔✔B
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What is the finding with Chagas disease, which helps to identify it as the cause of dilated
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cardiomyopathy?
A. left ventricular apical aneurysm
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B. Mitral regurgitation
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C. Dilated left ventricle
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D. dilated right ventricle - correct answer✔✔A
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Maneuvers that mat decrease left ventricular volume and provoke mitral prolapse include:
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A. supine to standing position
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