RCIS FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Back pain not relieved NTG, morphine or oxygen and not associated with EKG
changes can indicate - ✔✔Aortic dissection
✔✔Which stent is self expanding - ✔✔Wall stent
✔✔A catheter has a diameter of 2.66mm. What French size is it - ✔✔BFR
✔✔In relation to a coronary lesion where should the wire not be placed
A. As distal as possible
B. In the nearest side branch
C. In a distal side branch
D. Proximal to the lesion
E. All of the above - ✔✔All of the above
✔✔Which lesion is best addressed with a Rotoblador - ✔✔Calcified
✔✔Which catheter should be used to cannulate an LAD with a high take off -
✔✔Amplatz
✔✔Landmarks for an internal jugular approach include - ✔✔Head of the
sternocledomastoid muscle and the clavicular head
✔✔When performing a myocardial biopsy where are the tissue samples taken from -
✔✔RV
✔✔Hypokinetic means - ✔✔decreased movement
✔✔In the formula BP= HR x SV x Systematic Vascular Resistance, Dobutamie acts as
an ____, to ____ by increasing____ - ✔✔Inotrope, increase stroke volume, contractility
✔✔Which of the following are Angiostensin Receptor Blockers (ARBS)
A. Lisiopril
B. Losartan
C. Metoprolol
D. Valstartan - ✔✔Losartan and Valstartan
✔✔NTG works to decrease preload when given during an MI by dilating - ✔✔Veins
✔✔What is the function of low dose dopamine, 1-5mcg/kg/min - ✔✔Improves renal
function and urine output
, ✔✔If the patient complains of pain down the leg when attempting to cannulate the right
femoral artery, which way do you move the needle - ✔✔Medial
✔✔Coronary arteries perfuse best during - ✔✔Diastole
✔✔What is the purpose of the IABP - ✔✔Increased coronary perfusion, decreased
afterload
✔✔An IMA catheter most nearly resembles a - ✔✔IR 4
✔✔What is the recommended rate of Burr rotation when using a Rotoblador -
✔✔160,000-210,000
✔✔Overtightening of the Tuohy Borst will - ✔✔prevent balloon inflation or deflation
✔✔The best device for management of an acute thrombus in a vessel is - ✔✔Angioget
✔✔Which device employs the use of sterile heperinilized saline to evacuate thrombus -
✔✔Angioget
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of a retroperitoneal blood - ✔✔back or flank pain,
drop in blood pressure, tachycardia, drop in Hgb and Hct
✔✔Calcified lesions are best managed with which device - ✔✔Cutting/scoring balloon
✔✔When using a temporary pacer, where is the lead placed - ✔✔RV
✔✔When performing a myocardial biopsy post heart transplant, the biopsy is performed
to evaluate - ✔✔potential for rejection of the transplanted heart
✔✔The drive to breath in a person with no respiratory diseases is - ✔✔Elevated CO2
✔✔The drive to breath in a person with COPD is - ✔✔Decreased O2
✔✔The greatest risk when performing myocardial biopsy is - ✔✔Perforating of the RV
✔✔When using the Rotoblador, when should the burr start rotating - ✔✔just proximal to
the lesion
✔✔Akinetic meaans - ✔✔no movement at all
✔✔Dyskinetic means - ✔✔disorganized movement
GRADED A+
✔✔Back pain not relieved NTG, morphine or oxygen and not associated with EKG
changes can indicate - ✔✔Aortic dissection
✔✔Which stent is self expanding - ✔✔Wall stent
✔✔A catheter has a diameter of 2.66mm. What French size is it - ✔✔BFR
✔✔In relation to a coronary lesion where should the wire not be placed
A. As distal as possible
B. In the nearest side branch
C. In a distal side branch
D. Proximal to the lesion
E. All of the above - ✔✔All of the above
✔✔Which lesion is best addressed with a Rotoblador - ✔✔Calcified
✔✔Which catheter should be used to cannulate an LAD with a high take off -
✔✔Amplatz
✔✔Landmarks for an internal jugular approach include - ✔✔Head of the
sternocledomastoid muscle and the clavicular head
✔✔When performing a myocardial biopsy where are the tissue samples taken from -
✔✔RV
✔✔Hypokinetic means - ✔✔decreased movement
✔✔In the formula BP= HR x SV x Systematic Vascular Resistance, Dobutamie acts as
an ____, to ____ by increasing____ - ✔✔Inotrope, increase stroke volume, contractility
✔✔Which of the following are Angiostensin Receptor Blockers (ARBS)
A. Lisiopril
B. Losartan
C. Metoprolol
D. Valstartan - ✔✔Losartan and Valstartan
✔✔NTG works to decrease preload when given during an MI by dilating - ✔✔Veins
✔✔What is the function of low dose dopamine, 1-5mcg/kg/min - ✔✔Improves renal
function and urine output
, ✔✔If the patient complains of pain down the leg when attempting to cannulate the right
femoral artery, which way do you move the needle - ✔✔Medial
✔✔Coronary arteries perfuse best during - ✔✔Diastole
✔✔What is the purpose of the IABP - ✔✔Increased coronary perfusion, decreased
afterload
✔✔An IMA catheter most nearly resembles a - ✔✔IR 4
✔✔What is the recommended rate of Burr rotation when using a Rotoblador -
✔✔160,000-210,000
✔✔Overtightening of the Tuohy Borst will - ✔✔prevent balloon inflation or deflation
✔✔The best device for management of an acute thrombus in a vessel is - ✔✔Angioget
✔✔Which device employs the use of sterile heperinilized saline to evacuate thrombus -
✔✔Angioget
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of a retroperitoneal blood - ✔✔back or flank pain,
drop in blood pressure, tachycardia, drop in Hgb and Hct
✔✔Calcified lesions are best managed with which device - ✔✔Cutting/scoring balloon
✔✔When using a temporary pacer, where is the lead placed - ✔✔RV
✔✔When performing a myocardial biopsy post heart transplant, the biopsy is performed
to evaluate - ✔✔potential for rejection of the transplanted heart
✔✔The drive to breath in a person with no respiratory diseases is - ✔✔Elevated CO2
✔✔The drive to breath in a person with COPD is - ✔✔Decreased O2
✔✔The greatest risk when performing myocardial biopsy is - ✔✔Perforating of the RV
✔✔When using the Rotoblador, when should the burr start rotating - ✔✔just proximal to
the lesion
✔✔Akinetic meaans - ✔✔no movement at all
✔✔Dyskinetic means - ✔✔disorganized movement
