Miscellaneous Echo 334 Exam Questions And Verified Answers

Miscellaneous Echo 334 Exam Questions And
Verified Answers


Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) - ANSWER - immune deficiency in
previously healthy people

- destroys t4 cells

- t4 cells are essential for immune system



Echo findings with AIDS - ANSWER - pericardial effusion

- pericardial tamponade

- myocarditis

- DCM

- RV global systolic dysfunction

- PHTN

- Malignant infiltration

- endocarditis

- Valve regurge

- CAD



DCM in AIDS can be from - ANSWER - HIV heart muscle disease



Systemic lupus erythematosus - ANSWER - chronic inflammatory disease (fights off
body like its vein attacked all the time)

- musculoskeletal

- mucocutaneous



Symptoms of SLE - ANSWER - fatigue

, - Myalgia

- Arthralgia

- Arthritis

- photosentsitivity

- serositis



Echo findings for SLE - ANSWER - Libman sacks vegetation (AV and MV <1cm^2)

- pericardial effusion (10-15%)

- pericardial tamponade (<1%)

- MVP

- LV global and segmental systolic dysfx

- LV diastolic dysfx

- PHTN

- valve regurge

- valve stenosis

- coronary artery aneurysm

- Vascular thrombosis



What kind of vegetation do we see with SLE? - ANSWER Libman sack vegetation



Antiphospholipid syndrome (Hughes syndrome) - ANSWER - hypercoagulability
syndrome- attacks phospholipid in endothelium

- primary

- or secondary to SLE

- increased antiphospholipid antibodies

- attacks plasma proteins