STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
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Stress Echo - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A way to INDUCE CONTROLLED STRESS
on the heart and monitor its response
CAD (CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Patients with
________ will OFTEN have ABNORMAL CHANGES in the EKG and/or
WALL MOTION
1) ECHO
2) NUCLEAR SCAN - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What IMAGING TESTS should you
add to STRESS TESTING to INCREASE TESTING
SENSITIVITY/SPECIFICITY?
60% to > 90% - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When ECHO or NUCLEAR SCANS are
added to STRESS TESTS, it INCREASES the SENSITIVITY/SPECIFICITY
from ________%-________%
DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHO - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"DSE" stands for
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,b. PHARMACOLOGICAL - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DSE is a _______________
STRESS ECHO.
a. Exersize
b. Pharmacological
a. Increases - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Dobutamine ______________ the
contractility of the heart.
a. Increases
b. Decreases
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? Adenosine can be used for a
pharmacological stress echo, but is not typically performed as much as
Dobutamine
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? Stress Echoes are SAFE to perform
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? Stress Echoes cost less
CAD - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What's the LEADING CAUSE of DEATH in the US?
a. WOMEN - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔CAD is the LEADING CAUSE of DEATH in
the US, especially in:
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,a. Women
b. Men
EXERCISE STRESS ECHO - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"ESE" stands for
1) TREADMILL
2) BICYCLE - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Exercise Stress Echoes can be performed on
1) EXERCISE STRESS ECHO (ESE)
2) PHARMACOLOGICAL (DSE)
3) MENTAL STRESS
4) TRANSESOPHAGEAL PACING - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TYPES of STRESS
TESTING:
TRANSESOPHAGEAL PACING - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔INCREASES the HEART
RATE by PACING to the TARGET HR
d. 2000's - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DOPPLER STRESS ECHO, DIASTOLIC
FUNCTION, 3D, STRAIN, and CONTRAST didn't come out until:
a. 1970's
b. Late 1970's
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, c. 1990's
d. 2000's
1970's - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TREADMILL STRESS TESTS came out in the
LATE ________
1980's - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔STRESS ECHO and DIGITAL CINE
COMPARISON came out in the
1990's - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔PHARMACOLOGICAL STRESS TESTS (ie.
Dobutamine) came out in the
FALSE!!! (need Echo to visualize RWMA) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? You
can see RWMA on EKG
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? SEVERE CAD can be SILENT
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? SYSTOLIC WMA's (as SEEN ON ECHO),
are a MORE SENSITIVE INDICATOR for ISCHEMIA than EKG changes
FALSE!! (They present with ATYPICAL SYMPTOMS or none at all) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? WOMEN and DIABETICS often feel the pain of a
heart attack
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2024/2025 Exam Questions and Answers
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Stress Echo - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A way to INDUCE CONTROLLED STRESS
on the heart and monitor its response
CAD (CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Patients with
________ will OFTEN have ABNORMAL CHANGES in the EKG and/or
WALL MOTION
1) ECHO
2) NUCLEAR SCAN - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What IMAGING TESTS should you
add to STRESS TESTING to INCREASE TESTING
SENSITIVITY/SPECIFICITY?
60% to > 90% - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When ECHO or NUCLEAR SCANS are
added to STRESS TESTS, it INCREASES the SENSITIVITY/SPECIFICITY
from ________%-________%
DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHO - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"DSE" stands for
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,b. PHARMACOLOGICAL - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DSE is a _______________
STRESS ECHO.
a. Exersize
b. Pharmacological
a. Increases - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Dobutamine ______________ the
contractility of the heart.
a. Increases
b. Decreases
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? Adenosine can be used for a
pharmacological stress echo, but is not typically performed as much as
Dobutamine
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? Stress Echoes are SAFE to perform
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? Stress Echoes cost less
CAD - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What's the LEADING CAUSE of DEATH in the US?
a. WOMEN - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔CAD is the LEADING CAUSE of DEATH in
the US, especially in:
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,a. Women
b. Men
EXERCISE STRESS ECHO - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"ESE" stands for
1) TREADMILL
2) BICYCLE - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Exercise Stress Echoes can be performed on
1) EXERCISE STRESS ECHO (ESE)
2) PHARMACOLOGICAL (DSE)
3) MENTAL STRESS
4) TRANSESOPHAGEAL PACING - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TYPES of STRESS
TESTING:
TRANSESOPHAGEAL PACING - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔INCREASES the HEART
RATE by PACING to the TARGET HR
d. 2000's - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DOPPLER STRESS ECHO, DIASTOLIC
FUNCTION, 3D, STRAIN, and CONTRAST didn't come out until:
a. 1970's
b. Late 1970's
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, c. 1990's
d. 2000's
1970's - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TREADMILL STRESS TESTS came out in the
LATE ________
1980's - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔STRESS ECHO and DIGITAL CINE
COMPARISON came out in the
1990's - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔PHARMACOLOGICAL STRESS TESTS (ie.
Dobutamine) came out in the
FALSE!!! (need Echo to visualize RWMA) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? You
can see RWMA on EKG
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? SEVERE CAD can be SILENT
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? SYSTOLIC WMA's (as SEEN ON ECHO),
are a MORE SENSITIVE INDICATOR for ISCHEMIA than EKG changes
FALSE!! (They present with ATYPICAL SYMPTOMS or none at all) -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔T or F? WOMEN and DIABETICS often feel the pain of a
heart attack
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