Adult Echo Study Guide Latest Updated Graded A+

Noninvasive - ANSWER-Echocardiology serves as an ideal ___ method to examine cardiac anatomy in the normal as well as abnormal states. 1. Dobutamine, 2. Adenosine, 3. Dipyridamine - ANSWER-List 3 possible pharmacological techniques for stress test. Ischemia - ANSWER-Myocardial ___ occurs when the regional oxygen supply is insufficient to meet the body's demand. 1. Screening for CAD, 2. Assessing states before and after intervention, 3. Determining prognosis after MI, 4. Evaluating hemodynamic significance of valvular heart disease - ANSWER-4 Indications for stress echocardiology. 1. Recent MI, 2. Unstable angina, 3. potentially life-threatening dysrhythmia, 4. Acute pericarditis, 5. Severe hypertension, 6. Acute pulmonary embolism, 7. Critical aortic stenosis - ANSWER-7 Contraindications for stress echocardiology. 1. Exercise-induced wall motion abnormality, 2. Increase in LV volume, 3. Decrease in global LV EF - ANSWER-An exercise echocardiogram is considered positive if any of these (3) findings are present. The coronary or atrioventricular groove separates the atria from the ventricles. Within the groove lies the main trunk of the coronary arteries and the coronary sinus. - ANSWER-Which heart groove or sulci separates the atria from the ventricles? TEE. Transesophageal Echocardiography - ANSWER-Which of the following cardiology exams require a physician to perform? (Echo / Stress Echo / TEE / Color-flow Doppler) 1. Reduce friction with cardiac movement, 2. Allow the heart to move freely with each beat, facilitating ejection and volume changes, 3. Contain the heart within the mediastinum (especially during trauma), 4. Serve as a barrier to infection. - ANSWER-What is the purpose of the pericardium? Left Ventricle - ANSWER-What is the largest cardiac chamber? 4 Pulmonary veins. 2 from each lung. They carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. - ANSWER-The left atrium receives how many pulmonary veins?