Fetal Echocardiography Board Exam Review
Questions with Correct Answers 2025/2026
Exposure to trimethadione or valproic acid is associated with what? - correct answer -hlhs
Regarding pulmonary atresia, is there flow across the pulmonic valve? - correct answer -no
*there is no pathway from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery
Regarding hlhs, what is the shunt direction of the foramen ovale? - correct answer -left to right
What is used to counteract beam attenuation? - correct answer -tgc
The right and left internal mammary arteries border what structure? - correct answer -thymus
gland
The confluence of the umbilical vein, ductus venosus, extrahepatic portal vein, and left & right
portal branches is termed what? - correct answer -the portal sinus
Regarding tricuspid atresia, what is the shunt direction of the foramen ovale? - correct answer -
right to left
Sacrococcygeal teratoma leads to _____ due to increase of lower body venous return - correct
answer -dilated ivc
What is a dilated brachiocephalic vein associated with? - correct answer -supracardiac tapvc
Vein of gallen aneurysm
, As a normal pregnancy progresses, does the flow in the umbilical artery demonstrate increasing
or decreasing resistance? - correct answer -decreasing
What has the greatest effect on cardiac output in a fetus? - correct answer -heart rate
What medications can cause premature closure of the ductus arteriosus? - correct answer -
indomethacin and ibuprofen
Does an increase in color flow velocity scale increase or decrease the prf? - correct answer -
increase
What is the most common indication for fetal echo? - correct answer -arrhythmia
The optimal waveform for measuring the _____ will include: opening & closing valve clicks from
aortic and mitral valves - correct answer -mpi
Can vein of gallen aneurysm cause cardiomegaly? - correct answer -yes
Ace inhibitors & paroxetine are associated with _____ defects if used in the first trimester -
correct answer -septal
Regarding iugr, is the flow reversal visualized during atrial or ventricular contractions? - correct
answer -atrial
What have berry aneurysms of the cerebral circulation been associated with? - correct answer -
coarctation
Magnesium sulfate can be related to maternal _____ - correct answer -cardiac arrest
Questions with Correct Answers 2025/2026
Exposure to trimethadione or valproic acid is associated with what? - correct answer -hlhs
Regarding pulmonary atresia, is there flow across the pulmonic valve? - correct answer -no
*there is no pathway from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery
Regarding hlhs, what is the shunt direction of the foramen ovale? - correct answer -left to right
What is used to counteract beam attenuation? - correct answer -tgc
The right and left internal mammary arteries border what structure? - correct answer -thymus
gland
The confluence of the umbilical vein, ductus venosus, extrahepatic portal vein, and left & right
portal branches is termed what? - correct answer -the portal sinus
Regarding tricuspid atresia, what is the shunt direction of the foramen ovale? - correct answer -
right to left
Sacrococcygeal teratoma leads to _____ due to increase of lower body venous return - correct
answer -dilated ivc
What is a dilated brachiocephalic vein associated with? - correct answer -supracardiac tapvc
Vein of gallen aneurysm
, As a normal pregnancy progresses, does the flow in the umbilical artery demonstrate increasing
or decreasing resistance? - correct answer -decreasing
What has the greatest effect on cardiac output in a fetus? - correct answer -heart rate
What medications can cause premature closure of the ductus arteriosus? - correct answer -
indomethacin and ibuprofen
Does an increase in color flow velocity scale increase or decrease the prf? - correct answer -
increase
What is the most common indication for fetal echo? - correct answer -arrhythmia
The optimal waveform for measuring the _____ will include: opening & closing valve clicks from
aortic and mitral valves - correct answer -mpi
Can vein of gallen aneurysm cause cardiomegaly? - correct answer -yes
Ace inhibitors & paroxetine are associated with _____ defects if used in the first trimester -
correct answer -septal
Regarding iugr, is the flow reversal visualized during atrial or ventricular contractions? - correct
answer -atrial
What have berry aneurysms of the cerebral circulation been associated with? - correct answer -
coarctation
Magnesium sulfate can be related to maternal _____ - correct answer -cardiac arrest
