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A blockage to which coronary artery can cause AV Block? -
correct answer ✅Posterior Descending Artery most
commonly supplied by RCA but could be supplied by the circumflex
What type of tissue has the longest refractory period? -
correct answer ✅Ventricular
Is the femoral vein medial or lateral to the femoral artery? -
correct answer ✅The femoral vein is medial to the femoral
artery
At what value is something statistically significant? -
correct answer ✅P<0.05
What are the normal cardiac pressures? -
correct answer ✅"RA: 2-8 mmHg
LA: 5-12 mmHg
RV: 15-28 mmHg
LV: 90-140 mmHg
Aorta: 120 mmHg"
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While performing a tilt test you see asystole. What is your next
step? -
correct answer ✅Return patient to the supine position
What causes a ice-cream scoop like ST segment? -
correct answer ✅Digitalis Toxicity
What structure is at the base of the Triangle of Koch? -
correct answer ✅CS OS
"The phenomenon of capture hysteresis is also known as:
a. Wenckebach
b. Wedensky effect
c. Wolf-Parkinson white effect
d. Wilkoff effect" -
correct answer ✅b. Wedensky effect (Threshold lower when
measured from high to low than when measured from lower to
higher outpus, due to hyperpolerization of the myocardial cell
membranes because of high output stimulation)
"In a normal axis on a 12 lead ECG:
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a. Lead I is negative and AVR is positive
b. Lead I is positive and V1 is positive
c. Lead I is positive and AVF is positive
d. Lead I is positive and V5 and V6 are negative
"-
correct answer ✅C. Lead I is positive and AVF is positive
"What effect does Diltiazem have on the AV node?
a. Slows conduction by blocking calcium channels
b. Prolongs the refractory period by blocking the sodium channels
c. Increases the HV interval by blocking the calcium channels
d. None" -
correct answer ✅a. slows conduction by blocking calcium
channels
"Class II AA drugs do all of the following except:
a. Decrease sympathetic tone
b. Increase refractory period
c. Beta blockade
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d. Affect SA and AV node" -
correct answer ✅b. increase refractory period
"Conduction times over a conventional pathway is typically rate
dependent, i.e., VA and AV times remain constant with incremental
pacing. A specific difference to this is demonstrated in what type of
pathway which demonstrate decremental property similar to the
AV node:
a. Mahaim fiber
b. James fiber
c. Nodofasicular fiber
d. Both A and C
e. None of the above
"-
correct answer ✅d. Both A and C
"All of the following are located at or near the CS os EXCEPT:
a. christa terminalis
b. tricuspid annulus
c. eustachian ridge
d. thebesian valve
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A blockage to which coronary artery can cause AV Block? -
correct answer ✅Posterior Descending Artery most
commonly supplied by RCA but could be supplied by the circumflex
What type of tissue has the longest refractory period? -
correct answer ✅Ventricular
Is the femoral vein medial or lateral to the femoral artery? -
correct answer ✅The femoral vein is medial to the femoral
artery
At what value is something statistically significant? -
correct answer ✅P<0.05
What are the normal cardiac pressures? -
correct answer ✅"RA: 2-8 mmHg
LA: 5-12 mmHg
RV: 15-28 mmHg
LV: 90-140 mmHg
Aorta: 120 mmHg"
,EP IBHRE Exam Actual Questions
With 100% Verified Answers
While performing a tilt test you see asystole. What is your next
step? -
correct answer ✅Return patient to the supine position
What causes a ice-cream scoop like ST segment? -
correct answer ✅Digitalis Toxicity
What structure is at the base of the Triangle of Koch? -
correct answer ✅CS OS
"The phenomenon of capture hysteresis is also known as:
a. Wenckebach
b. Wedensky effect
c. Wolf-Parkinson white effect
d. Wilkoff effect" -
correct answer ✅b. Wedensky effect (Threshold lower when
measured from high to low than when measured from lower to
higher outpus, due to hyperpolerization of the myocardial cell
membranes because of high output stimulation)
"In a normal axis on a 12 lead ECG:
,EP IBHRE Exam Actual Questions
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a. Lead I is negative and AVR is positive
b. Lead I is positive and V1 is positive
c. Lead I is positive and AVF is positive
d. Lead I is positive and V5 and V6 are negative
"-
correct answer ✅C. Lead I is positive and AVF is positive
"What effect does Diltiazem have on the AV node?
a. Slows conduction by blocking calcium channels
b. Prolongs the refractory period by blocking the sodium channels
c. Increases the HV interval by blocking the calcium channels
d. None" -
correct answer ✅a. slows conduction by blocking calcium
channels
"Class II AA drugs do all of the following except:
a. Decrease sympathetic tone
b. Increase refractory period
c. Beta blockade
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d. Affect SA and AV node" -
correct answer ✅b. increase refractory period
"Conduction times over a conventional pathway is typically rate
dependent, i.e., VA and AV times remain constant with incremental
pacing. A specific difference to this is demonstrated in what type of
pathway which demonstrate decremental property similar to the
AV node:
a. Mahaim fiber
b. James fiber
c. Nodofasicular fiber
d. Both A and C
e. None of the above
"-
correct answer ✅d. Both A and C
"All of the following are located at or near the CS os EXCEPT:
a. christa terminalis
b. tricuspid annulus
c. eustachian ridge
d. thebesian valve
