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Echocardiology serves as an ideal ___ method to examine cardiac anatomy in \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
the normal as well as abnormal states. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Noninvasive
List 3 possible pharmacological techniques for stress test. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1. Dobutamine, 2. Adenosine, 3. Dipyridamine \| \| \| \| \| \|
Myocardial ___ occurs when the regional oxygen supply is insufficient to
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meet the body's demand. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ischemia
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4 Indications for stress echocardiology. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Screening for CAD, 2. Assessing states before and after intervention, 3.
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Determining prognosis after MI, 4. Evaluating hemodynamic significance of
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valvular heart disease \| \|
7 Contraindications for stress echocardiology. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Recent MI, 2. Unstable angina, 3. potentially life-threatening dysrhythmia, 4.
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Acute pericarditis, 5. Severe hypertension, 6. Acute pulmonary embolism, 7.
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Critical aortic stenosis \| \|
,An exercise echocardiogram is considered positive if any of these (3) findings
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are present. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Exercise-induced wall motion
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abnormality, 2. Increase in LV volume, 3. Decrease in global LV EF \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
Which heart groove or sulci separates the atria from the ventricles? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The coronary or atrioventricular groove separates
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the atria from the ventricles. Within the groove lies the main trunk of the
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coronary arteries and the coronary sinus. \| \| \| \| \|
Which of the following cardiology exams require a physician to perform?
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(Echo / Stress Echo / TEE / Color-flow Doppler) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔TEE. Transesophageal Echocardiography \| \|
What is the purpose of the pericardium? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Reduce friction with cardiac movement, 2. Allow the heart to move freely
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with each beat, facilitating ejection and volume changes, 3. Contain the heart
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within the mediastinum (especially during trauma), 4. Serve as a barrier to
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infection.
What is the largest cardiac chamber? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Left
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Ventricle
The left atrium receives how many pulmonary veins? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔4 Pulmonary veins. 2 from each lung. They carry oxygenated blood from
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the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
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, What is crista terminalis? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A ridge of muscle
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separating the right atrium. The RA has two parts: an anterior portion and a
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posterior portion. These two are separated by a ridge of muscle called the
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crista terminalis. \|
Which valve is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mitral Valve \| \| \|
Which of the following is NOT a right heart characteristic and/or function?
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(supplies blood to the pulmonary circulation / normal pressure in the ventricle
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is approx 140mmHg / blood returning to the right heart has a lower Ox Sat /
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contains the TV) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Normal pressure in the ventricle
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is approx 140mmHg. The actual normal pressure in the right heart is 15-
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30mmHg.
Mitral Valve stenosis results primarily from ___. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Rheumatic Disease \|
Vegetations are more commonly associated with which of the following? \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
(PHTN / aneurysm / endocarditis / MV disease) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Endocarditis. Endocarditis is caused by bacterial yeast or fungal infections \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
that seed and grow on the valves of the heart.
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Which of the following is not a type of bioprosthetic heart valve? (xenograft /
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heterograft / homograft / Bjork-Shiley valve) - CORRECT ANSWERS \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
✔✔Bjork-Shiley is a tilting disc valve that is a mechanical prosthetic valve. \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
Answers
Echocardiology serves as an ideal ___ method to examine cardiac anatomy in \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
the normal as well as abnormal states. - CORRECT ANSWERS
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
✔✔Noninvasive
List 3 possible pharmacological techniques for stress test. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1. Dobutamine, 2. Adenosine, 3. Dipyridamine \| \| \| \| \| \|
Myocardial ___ occurs when the regional oxygen supply is insufficient to
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meet the body's demand. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ischemia
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4 Indications for stress echocardiology. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Screening for CAD, 2. Assessing states before and after intervention, 3.
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
Determining prognosis after MI, 4. Evaluating hemodynamic significance of
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
valvular heart disease \| \|
7 Contraindications for stress echocardiology. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Recent MI, 2. Unstable angina, 3. potentially life-threatening dysrhythmia, 4.
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Acute pericarditis, 5. Severe hypertension, 6. Acute pulmonary embolism, 7.
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Critical aortic stenosis \| \|
,An exercise echocardiogram is considered positive if any of these (3) findings
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
are present. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Exercise-induced wall motion
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
abnormality, 2. Increase in LV volume, 3. Decrease in global LV EF \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
Which heart groove or sulci separates the atria from the ventricles? -
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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. \| \| \| \| \|
Which of the following cardiology exams require a physician to perform?
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
(Echo / Stress Echo / TEE / Color-flow Doppler) - CORRECT ANSWERS
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
✔✔TEE. Transesophageal Echocardiography \| \|
What is the purpose of the pericardium? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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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.
What is the largest cardiac chamber? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Left
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Ventricle
The left atrium receives how many pulmonary veins? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔4 Pulmonary veins. 2 from each lung. They carry oxygenated blood from
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
, What is crista terminalis? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A ridge of muscle
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
separating the right atrium. The RA has two parts: an anterior portion and a
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
posterior portion. These two are separated by a ridge of muscle called the
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
crista terminalis. \|
Which valve is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mitral Valve \| \| \|
Which of the following is NOT a right heart characteristic and/or function?
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(supplies blood to the pulmonary circulation / normal pressure in the ventricle
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
is approx 140mmHg / blood returning to the right heart has a lower Ox Sat /
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
contains the TV) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Normal pressure in the ventricle
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
is approx 140mmHg. The actual normal pressure in the right heart is 15-
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30mmHg.
Mitral Valve stenosis results primarily from ___. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Rheumatic Disease \|
Vegetations are more commonly associated with which of the following? \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
(PHTN / aneurysm / endocarditis / MV disease) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Endocarditis. Endocarditis is caused by bacterial yeast or fungal infections \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
that seed and grow on the valves of the heart.
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
Which of the following is not a type of bioprosthetic heart valve? (xenograft /
\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
heterograft / homograft / Bjork-Shiley valve) - CORRECT ANSWERS \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
✔✔Bjork-Shiley is a tilting disc valve that is a mechanical prosthetic valve. \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
