Ardms echo practice test with Answers
All of the following are indications for a stress echo EXCEPT:
a. Aid in the diagnosis of chest pain
b. Evaluate cardiac arrhythmias
c. Guide post MI rehab
d. Increase in revenue compared to nuclear studies -
ANS d
The treatment of choice for constrictive pericarditis is:
a. Pericardiectomy
b. Pericardiocentesis
c. Cardiac transplantation
d. Pericardial tap -
ANS a
What might be the first indication of metastatic cardiac stress disease?
a. Myxoma
b. Right atrial mass
c. Pericardial effusion
d. Left atrial mass -
ANS c
One of the most common complications of myocardial infarction is:
a. Mitral valve rupture
b. Aneurysm formation
c. Outflow tract obstruction
d. Aortic insufficiency -
ANS b
In the majority of human hearts the posterior descending artery is a branch of which coronary artery?
a. Anterior descending
b. Right
c. Circumflex
d. Left -
ANS b
A 52 year old woman develops a systolic murmur after a myocardial infarction. What is the most likely
etiology?
a. Ruptured papillary muscle
b. Pseudoaneurysm
c. Pericarditis
d. Ventricular septal defect -
ANS d
The lateral ventricular wall of the apical 4 chamber view is fed by which coronary artery
a. Left first marginal
b. Right coronary artery
c. Left circumflex
d. Left anterior descending -
ANS c
Children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) develop what type of cardiac tumors?
, a. Rhabdomyomas
b. Rhabdomyosarcomas
c. Right atrial myxomas
d. Left atrial myxomas -
ANS a
Which of the following is a complication of a myocardial infarction?
a. Pericardial effusion
b. Atrial septal defect
c. Stroke
d. Headache -
ANS a
What type of myocardial infarction causes papillary muscle rupture?
a. Inferior
b. Transmural
c. Anterior
d. Posterior -
ANS a
The apex of the apical 4 chamber view is fed by which coronary artery?
a. Left circumflex
b. Left anterior descending
c. Left first marginal
d. Right coronary artery -
ANS b
Which of the following pathologies would most likely affect coronary artery circulation?
a. Pulmonic stenosis
b. Mitral regurgitation
c. Mitral stenosis
d. Aortic regurgitation -
ANS d
In parasternal long axis view a pericardial effusion would be located
a. Not seen in this view
b. Anterior to the ascending aorta
c. Anterior to the descending aorta
d. Posterior to the descending aorta -
ANS c
Which coronary artery supplies the interatrial septum?
a. Circumflex coronary artery
b. Left anterior descending
c. Right coronary
d. Left main coronary -
ANS c
During a stress echocardiogram only one of these left ventricular segments can be seen in the apical two
chamber view:
a. Apical-septal
b. Basal-septal
c. Mid-anteroseptal
d. Mid-anterior -
ANS d
What would you look for in a patient with Kawasaki disease?
All of the following are indications for a stress echo EXCEPT:
a. Aid in the diagnosis of chest pain
b. Evaluate cardiac arrhythmias
c. Guide post MI rehab
d. Increase in revenue compared to nuclear studies -
ANS d
The treatment of choice for constrictive pericarditis is:
a. Pericardiectomy
b. Pericardiocentesis
c. Cardiac transplantation
d. Pericardial tap -
ANS a
What might be the first indication of metastatic cardiac stress disease?
a. Myxoma
b. Right atrial mass
c. Pericardial effusion
d. Left atrial mass -
ANS c
One of the most common complications of myocardial infarction is:
a. Mitral valve rupture
b. Aneurysm formation
c. Outflow tract obstruction
d. Aortic insufficiency -
ANS b
In the majority of human hearts the posterior descending artery is a branch of which coronary artery?
a. Anterior descending
b. Right
c. Circumflex
d. Left -
ANS b
A 52 year old woman develops a systolic murmur after a myocardial infarction. What is the most likely
etiology?
a. Ruptured papillary muscle
b. Pseudoaneurysm
c. Pericarditis
d. Ventricular septal defect -
ANS d
The lateral ventricular wall of the apical 4 chamber view is fed by which coronary artery
a. Left first marginal
b. Right coronary artery
c. Left circumflex
d. Left anterior descending -
ANS c
Children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) develop what type of cardiac tumors?
, a. Rhabdomyomas
b. Rhabdomyosarcomas
c. Right atrial myxomas
d. Left atrial myxomas -
ANS a
Which of the following is a complication of a myocardial infarction?
a. Pericardial effusion
b. Atrial septal defect
c. Stroke
d. Headache -
ANS a
What type of myocardial infarction causes papillary muscle rupture?
a. Inferior
b. Transmural
c. Anterior
d. Posterior -
ANS a
The apex of the apical 4 chamber view is fed by which coronary artery?
a. Left circumflex
b. Left anterior descending
c. Left first marginal
d. Right coronary artery -
ANS b
Which of the following pathologies would most likely affect coronary artery circulation?
a. Pulmonic stenosis
b. Mitral regurgitation
c. Mitral stenosis
d. Aortic regurgitation -
ANS d
In parasternal long axis view a pericardial effusion would be located
a. Not seen in this view
b. Anterior to the ascending aorta
c. Anterior to the descending aorta
d. Posterior to the descending aorta -
ANS c
Which coronary artery supplies the interatrial septum?
a. Circumflex coronary artery
b. Left anterior descending
c. Right coronary
d. Left main coronary -
ANS c
During a stress echocardiogram only one of these left ventricular segments can be seen in the apical two
chamber view:
a. Apical-septal
b. Basal-septal
c. Mid-anteroseptal
d. Mid-anterior -
ANS d
What would you look for in a patient with Kawasaki disease?
