Adult Echo Board Exam with 100%
correct answers 2025
Which valve lesion typically has the lowest Doppler peak velocity? -
answer pulmonic regurgitation
What is the normal aortic valve area? - answer 2.5-3.5 cm2
All the following are echo findings in patients with restrictive (infiltrative)
cardiomyopathies EXCEPT:
small or normal ventricular cavity
pericardial effusion
ventricular hypertrophy
hypercontractile left ventricle
"ground glass" myocardium - answer hypercontractile left ventricle
By echocardiographic measurements asymmetric septal hypertrophy is
present when the interventricular septum to posterior wall ratio is: -
answer >1.3:1
If your patient has right heart failure, what classic signs and symptoms
would you expect to see?
tricuspid stenosis
atrial fibrillation
hemoptysis
lower extremity edema - answer lower extremity edema
, What is the proper technique for Dopplering the pulmonary venous inflow
looking for diastolic dysfunction. - answer apical 4ch, pulsed Doppler, 1-2
cm in the pulmonary vein
Patients with Chagas Disease might develop which type of
cardiomyopathy? - answer congestive
The shape of the left ventricle as it remodels in patients with a dilated
cardiomyopathy is: - answer spherical
What information do you need pre-op in a patient with an LV aneurysm? -
answer movement of other walls
True aneurysms of the left ventricle have which of the following features?
- answer wide base, walls containing myocardium and low risk for
rupture
Filling of the main coronary arteries occurs during which part of the
cardiac cycle? - answer ventricular diastole
Which percent stenosis is considered significant coronary artery disease? -
answer 70%
What might be the first indication of metastatic cardiac disease? - answer
pericardial effusion
The lateral ventricular wall of this apical 4-chamber view is fed by which
coronary artery? - answer left circumflex
Pseudoaneurysms of the left ventricle have one feature which makes them
surgical emergencies. - answer high rate of rupture
Normally pericardial fluid drains into the: - answer lymphatic system
correct answers 2025
Which valve lesion typically has the lowest Doppler peak velocity? -
answer pulmonic regurgitation
What is the normal aortic valve area? - answer 2.5-3.5 cm2
All the following are echo findings in patients with restrictive (infiltrative)
cardiomyopathies EXCEPT:
small or normal ventricular cavity
pericardial effusion
ventricular hypertrophy
hypercontractile left ventricle
"ground glass" myocardium - answer hypercontractile left ventricle
By echocardiographic measurements asymmetric septal hypertrophy is
present when the interventricular septum to posterior wall ratio is: -
answer >1.3:1
If your patient has right heart failure, what classic signs and symptoms
would you expect to see?
tricuspid stenosis
atrial fibrillation
hemoptysis
lower extremity edema - answer lower extremity edema
, What is the proper technique for Dopplering the pulmonary venous inflow
looking for diastolic dysfunction. - answer apical 4ch, pulsed Doppler, 1-2
cm in the pulmonary vein
Patients with Chagas Disease might develop which type of
cardiomyopathy? - answer congestive
The shape of the left ventricle as it remodels in patients with a dilated
cardiomyopathy is: - answer spherical
What information do you need pre-op in a patient with an LV aneurysm? -
answer movement of other walls
True aneurysms of the left ventricle have which of the following features?
- answer wide base, walls containing myocardium and low risk for
rupture
Filling of the main coronary arteries occurs during which part of the
cardiac cycle? - answer ventricular diastole
Which percent stenosis is considered significant coronary artery disease? -
answer 70%
What might be the first indication of metastatic cardiac disease? - answer
pericardial effusion
The lateral ventricular wall of this apical 4-chamber view is fed by which
coronary artery? - answer left circumflex
Pseudoaneurysms of the left ventricle have one feature which makes them
surgical emergencies. - answer high rate of rupture
Normally pericardial fluid drains into the: - answer lymphatic system
