AACN CSC Review Session 5-8
Questions and Answers Updated 2026
your mother - Answera hoe
justin - Answersomeone with daddy issues
usually in tissue surrounding pulmonary
veins as they enter the LA -
Answerlocation of re-entrant circuits that
cause afib
mitral valve - Answermost common valve
surgically operated on
pulmonic valve - Answerleast common
valve surgically operated on
compensatory vasodilation resulting in
diastolic hypotension (low DBP) -
Answerwhy do pts w/ aortic regurg have a
widened pulse pressure?
,right axis deviation and new RBBB or
CHB - AnswerEKG manifestations of a
VSD
sudden onset pulmonary edema; new-
onset harsh holosystolic murmur;
hypotension (left-to-right shunting) -
Answerclinical findings in VSD s/p MI
echocardiogram - Answertesting needed
to differentiate between VSD and papillary
muscle rupture
w/o surgery: 50% mortality in less than
24hrs; 80% mortality in less than 4 weeks.
in OR: 30-50% mortality rate during
surgery - Answermortality rate for VSD
-signs of CHF d/t systolic HF (most
common)
, -lower stroke volume
-angina
-systemic thromboembolisms d/t thrombus
formation in dyskinetic segment
-ventricular arrhythmias - Answerclinical
presentation of LV aneurysm
dec LV volume and reestablishing normal
LV geometry - Answertx goals of LV
aneurysm repair
revascularization and MVR if MR present
(LV aneurysms are often after an ischemic
event) - Answerif needed, LV aneurysm
repair is often done in conjunction with
what procedure(s)?
patent foramen ovale (PFO) - Answerin
25% of pts the atrial septum doesn't close
after birth, forming an ASD called
__________.
Questions and Answers Updated 2026
your mother - Answera hoe
justin - Answersomeone with daddy issues
usually in tissue surrounding pulmonary
veins as they enter the LA -
Answerlocation of re-entrant circuits that
cause afib
mitral valve - Answermost common valve
surgically operated on
pulmonic valve - Answerleast common
valve surgically operated on
compensatory vasodilation resulting in
diastolic hypotension (low DBP) -
Answerwhy do pts w/ aortic regurg have a
widened pulse pressure?
,right axis deviation and new RBBB or
CHB - AnswerEKG manifestations of a
VSD
sudden onset pulmonary edema; new-
onset harsh holosystolic murmur;
hypotension (left-to-right shunting) -
Answerclinical findings in VSD s/p MI
echocardiogram - Answertesting needed
to differentiate between VSD and papillary
muscle rupture
w/o surgery: 50% mortality in less than
24hrs; 80% mortality in less than 4 weeks.
in OR: 30-50% mortality rate during
surgery - Answermortality rate for VSD
-signs of CHF d/t systolic HF (most
common)
, -lower stroke volume
-angina
-systemic thromboembolisms d/t thrombus
formation in dyskinetic segment
-ventricular arrhythmias - Answerclinical
presentation of LV aneurysm
dec LV volume and reestablishing normal
LV geometry - Answertx goals of LV
aneurysm repair
revascularization and MVR if MR present
(LV aneurysms are often after an ischemic
event) - Answerif needed, LV aneurysm
repair is often done in conjunction with
what procedure(s)?
patent foramen ovale (PFO) - Answerin
25% of pts the atrial septum doesn't close
after birth, forming an ASD called
__________.
