Stress Echocardiography 2024/2025
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Stress Echo allows for assessment of what three things? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔electrical response, myocardial function, hemodynamic response
Physiological SE (exercise) is done by what two exercise methods? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔treadmill or supine bike
Pharmological SE is done by administering what? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔dobutamine or vasodilator
What are some types of vasodilators used in place of dobuatmine? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔dipyridamole, adensine, regadenoson
Dobutamine is ordered because the patient is unable to? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔exercise
What is preferred over dobutamine and why? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔exercise, it's
an important predicator of outcome
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, Who should be in the room for a stress echo? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stress tech,
nurse, sonographer
who performs the echo? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Us
who starts the IV? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔nurse
who does the stress portion? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔COULD be stress tech,
nurse, or us
who reads the exam? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cardiologist
What do contrast agents improve? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔endocardial border
SE indications - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔abnormal EKG, athletes heart, CP, CHD,
exercise related arrhythmias, evaluate CAD, HF, heart transplant, non-
ischemic cardiomyopathy, preop, presence of risk factors, pulm
hypertension, SOB, valvular heart disease
Two types of contraindications - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔absolute and relative
Relative Contraindications - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔patients may be tested only
after careful evaluation of the risk/benefit ratio
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Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Stress Echo allows for assessment of what three things? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔electrical response, myocardial function, hemodynamic response
Physiological SE (exercise) is done by what two exercise methods? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔treadmill or supine bike
Pharmological SE is done by administering what? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔dobutamine or vasodilator
What are some types of vasodilators used in place of dobuatmine? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔dipyridamole, adensine, regadenoson
Dobutamine is ordered because the patient is unable to? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔exercise
What is preferred over dobutamine and why? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔exercise, it's
an important predicator of outcome
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Who should be in the room for a stress echo? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stress tech,
nurse, sonographer
who performs the echo? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Us
who starts the IV? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔nurse
who does the stress portion? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔COULD be stress tech,
nurse, or us
who reads the exam? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cardiologist
What do contrast agents improve? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔endocardial border
SE indications - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔abnormal EKG, athletes heart, CP, CHD,
exercise related arrhythmias, evaluate CAD, HF, heart transplant, non-
ischemic cardiomyopathy, preop, presence of risk factors, pulm
hypertension, SOB, valvular heart disease
Two types of contraindications - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔absolute and relative
Relative Contraindications - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔patients may be tested only
after careful evaluation of the risk/benefit ratio
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
