1 | Page
AAP Final Exam Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Aortic valves are replaced due to _______________
Ans: calcific degeneration
Mitral valves are replaced due to _______________
Ans: rheumatic valve disease
Deposits are present within the cusps; cusps may be heavily fibrosed
and thickened, but NOT fused
Ans: Degenerative calcific aortic stenosis (cardiovascular)
Leaflets are thickened and there is commissural fusion and
shortening; the cords are thickened and fused; calcification is often
present
,2 | Page
Ans: Mitral postinflammatory scarring (rheumatic type) (cardiovascular)
Large, friable vegetations are present; there is often perforation or
erosion of underlying valve.
Ans: Endocarditis (cardiovascular)
Vegetations are small and bland
Ans: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NTBE) (cardiovascular)
Patients receiving transplants are in end-stage cardiac failure due to
one of the following 2 conditions:
Ans: 1. ischemic heart disease
2. idiopathic cardiomyopathy
Condition in which extensive cardiac damage has already
occurred; fibrous scars and pericardial adhesions due to previous
, 3 | Page
healed infarcts; aneurysms may be present; vessels show extensive
atherosclerosis and bypass grafts are often present
Ans: Ischemic heart disease (cardiovascular)
Condition in which the heart is enlarged 2-3x its normal weight; all 4
chambers are enlarged; ventricular wall thickness can be thin, thick,
or normal depending on the balance of hypertrophy and dilatation;
there may be small, patchy subendocardial fibrous scars in left
ventricle; mural thrombi commonly found near apex of ventricles;
valves and coronary arteries are usually normal
Ans: Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Name a pathologic condition occurring in the temporal arteries.
AAP Final Exam Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Aortic valves are replaced due to _______________
Ans: calcific degeneration
Mitral valves are replaced due to _______________
Ans: rheumatic valve disease
Deposits are present within the cusps; cusps may be heavily fibrosed
and thickened, but NOT fused
Ans: Degenerative calcific aortic stenosis (cardiovascular)
Leaflets are thickened and there is commissural fusion and
shortening; the cords are thickened and fused; calcification is often
present
,2 | Page
Ans: Mitral postinflammatory scarring (rheumatic type) (cardiovascular)
Large, friable vegetations are present; there is often perforation or
erosion of underlying valve.
Ans: Endocarditis (cardiovascular)
Vegetations are small and bland
Ans: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NTBE) (cardiovascular)
Patients receiving transplants are in end-stage cardiac failure due to
one of the following 2 conditions:
Ans: 1. ischemic heart disease
2. idiopathic cardiomyopathy
Condition in which extensive cardiac damage has already
occurred; fibrous scars and pericardial adhesions due to previous
, 3 | Page
healed infarcts; aneurysms may be present; vessels show extensive
atherosclerosis and bypass grafts are often present
Ans: Ischemic heart disease (cardiovascular)
Condition in which the heart is enlarged 2-3x its normal weight; all 4
chambers are enlarged; ventricular wall thickness can be thin, thick,
or normal depending on the balance of hypertrophy and dilatation;
there may be small, patchy subendocardial fibrous scars in left
ventricle; mural thrombi commonly found near apex of ventricles;
valves and coronary arteries are usually normal
Ans: Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Name a pathologic condition occurring in the temporal arteries.
