echo registry review Questions & Answers(Latest Update 2023)

Possible echocardiographic/Doppler findings in a patient with carcinoid heart disease include all the following EXCEPT: A. Pulmonic valve insufficiency B. Pulmonic valve stenosis C. Tricuspid valve prolapse D. Tricuspid valve regurgitation - ANSWER tricuspid valve prolapse Post stenotic dilation of the main pulmonary artery is a two-dimensional echocardiographic finding for: valvular pulmonic stenosis tricuspid regurgitation pulmonary tumor pulmonary insufficiency - ANSWER valvular pulmonic stenosis Systolic reflux of saline contrast noted by two-dimensional echocardiography in the inferior vena cava denotes the presence of: A. Cardiac tamponade B. Constrictive pericarditis C. Pulmonary insufficiency D. Tricuspid regurgitation - ANSWER tricuspid regurgitation causes of organic tricuspid regurgitation include all of the following except: rheumatic heart disease flail tricuspid valve RV infarct Tricuspid valve prolapse - ANSWER RV infarct Pulmonary insufficiency is associated with: A. Left ventricular volume overload B. Right atrial hypertrophy C. Right ventricular hypertrophy D. Right ventricular volume overload - ANSWER RV overload The M-mode finding for ruptured chordae tendineae of the tricuspid valve is: A. Coarse diastolic flutter of the anterior tricuspid valve leaflet B. Fine diastolic flutter of the anterior tricuspid valve leaflet C. Irregular low-frequency diastolic fluttering of the anterior tricuspid valve leaflet D. Right atrial enlargement - ANSWER irregular low-frequency diastolic fluttering of the anterior tricuspid valve leaflet the m-mode findings for tricuspid valve stenosis include all the following except A. anterior motion of the posterior tricuspid valve leaflet B: systolic doming of the anterior tricuspid valve leaflet C: increased leaflet thickness D: decreased E-F slope of the anterior tricuspid valve leaflet - ANSWER B. systolic doming of the anterior tricuspid valve leaflet Possible two-dimensional echocardiographic findings for valvular pulmonic stenosis include all the following EXCEPT: