ARDMS ECHO TEST 2026 comprehensive
EXAM (Latest UPDATE)
Questions & Answers 100% Correct
The ratio of early transmitral (E) to atrial (A) Doppler filling velocities are influenced by
all of the following factors Except:
a. Delayed left ventricular relaxation
b. Patients age
c. Transducer frequency
d. Left ventricular preload - Correct answer c
Which of the following is an echocardiographic finding in patients with dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM)?
a. Exaggerated E-point to septal separation
b. Exaggerated aortic root excursion
c. Increased mitral valve excursion
d. Increased ventricular function
e. B-notch on the M-mode - Correct answer e
,A patient presents with a 10 year old ball-cage prosthetic valve in the mitral position
with new perivalvular leak. What might be the cause?
a. Cardiac tamponade
b. Pulmonary hypertension
c. Systemic hypertension
d. Ring abscess - Correct answer d
Patients with an aortic coarctation commonly have blood pressure in the legs:
a. Higher than the right arm
b. Equal to the right arm
c. Lower than the right arm
d. Unable to record - Correct answer c
What type of valve is a St. Jude?
a. Bi-disk
b. Bioprosthetic
c. Pericardial
d. One leaflet - Correct answer a
,The Majority of organisms attach to the _______die of the atrioventricular valves:
a. Ventricular
b. Atrial
c. Downstream
d. Epicardial - Correct answer b
The normal pressure half-time for a mitral prosthetic valve is:
a. >280 msec
b. 8 mmHg
c. <170 msec
d. 1-3 m/sec - Correct answer c
Echo findings in endocarditis include:
a. Aortic dissection
b. Pulmonary hypertension
c. Positive blood cultures
d. Shaggy appearance on M-mode - Correct answer d
, Low risk patients for infective endocarditis include all of the following except:
a. Pacemaker
b. Aortitis
c. Prosthetic mitral valve
d. Coronary artery disease - Correct answer c
Patients with Marfan syndrome will exhibit all of the following except:
a. Left ventricular hypertrophy
b. Aortic dilatation
c. Mitral valve prolapse
d. Aortic regurgitation - Correct answer a
All of the following are increased risk factors for valvular endocarditis except:
a. Mitral valve prolapse
b. Marantic
c. Aortic regurgitation
d. Carotid artery stenosis - Correct answer d
EXAM (Latest UPDATE)
Questions & Answers 100% Correct
The ratio of early transmitral (E) to atrial (A) Doppler filling velocities are influenced by
all of the following factors Except:
a. Delayed left ventricular relaxation
b. Patients age
c. Transducer frequency
d. Left ventricular preload - Correct answer c
Which of the following is an echocardiographic finding in patients with dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM)?
a. Exaggerated E-point to septal separation
b. Exaggerated aortic root excursion
c. Increased mitral valve excursion
d. Increased ventricular function
e. B-notch on the M-mode - Correct answer e
,A patient presents with a 10 year old ball-cage prosthetic valve in the mitral position
with new perivalvular leak. What might be the cause?
a. Cardiac tamponade
b. Pulmonary hypertension
c. Systemic hypertension
d. Ring abscess - Correct answer d
Patients with an aortic coarctation commonly have blood pressure in the legs:
a. Higher than the right arm
b. Equal to the right arm
c. Lower than the right arm
d. Unable to record - Correct answer c
What type of valve is a St. Jude?
a. Bi-disk
b. Bioprosthetic
c. Pericardial
d. One leaflet - Correct answer a
,The Majority of organisms attach to the _______die of the atrioventricular valves:
a. Ventricular
b. Atrial
c. Downstream
d. Epicardial - Correct answer b
The normal pressure half-time for a mitral prosthetic valve is:
a. >280 msec
b. 8 mmHg
c. <170 msec
d. 1-3 m/sec - Correct answer c
Echo findings in endocarditis include:
a. Aortic dissection
b. Pulmonary hypertension
c. Positive blood cultures
d. Shaggy appearance on M-mode - Correct answer d
, Low risk patients for infective endocarditis include all of the following except:
a. Pacemaker
b. Aortitis
c. Prosthetic mitral valve
d. Coronary artery disease - Correct answer c
Patients with Marfan syndrome will exhibit all of the following except:
a. Left ventricular hypertrophy
b. Aortic dilatation
c. Mitral valve prolapse
d. Aortic regurgitation - Correct answer a
All of the following are increased risk factors for valvular endocarditis except:
a. Mitral valve prolapse
b. Marantic
c. Aortic regurgitation
d. Carotid artery stenosis - Correct answer d
