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IABP eLearning: Therapy Program Questions
and Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: The Intra-aortic balloon is most commonly inserted through the:
Femoral Artery
Brachial artery
Carotid artery
Renal artery
ANS 🗹🗹: Femoral Artery
Q: Volume and pressure inside the left ventricle at the end of diastole is referred to as:
Afterload
Stroke Volume
Preload
Cardiac output
ANS 🗹🗹: Preload
Q: Resistance to flow or impedance to ventricular ejection is referred to as:
Preload
Afterload
Cardiac output
Stroke Volume
ANS 🗹🗹: Afterload
Q: Coronary arteries receive the majority of arterial blood supply during:
Systole
Diastole
Ventricular repolarization
Isovolumetric contraction
ANS 🗹🗹: Diastole
Q: The primary effects of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation are:
Increased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen supply
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Increased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen supply
ANS 🗹🗹: Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen
supply
Q: Intra-aortic balloons are indicated for:
Prophylactic support for PTCA or anesthesia induction, incompetent aortic valve, and
cerebral stroke
End stage cardiac disease, incompetent aortic valve, cardiogenic shock, septic shock
Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and complications of heart
failure
Brain death, sheathless insertion with severe obesity or scarring of the groin, carotid
artery surgery
ANS 🗹🗹: Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and
complications of heart failure
Q: Diastolic Augmentation can be affected by:
Timing
IAB Position
Patient hemodynamics
All of the above
ANS 🗹🗹: All of the above
Q: Restriction of gas flow through the IAB may be caused by:
Decreased SVR
Hyperthermia
Kink in the catheter
Helium diffusion
ANS 🗹🗹: Kink in the catheter
Q: Stroke volume may be decreased by:
Tachycardia, decreased cardiac index, dysrhythmias
Catheter kink, tachycardia, failure to unfold
Water Condensation, dysrhythmias, catheter kink
Vasoactive drugs, body temperature, water condensation
ANS 🗹🗹: Tachycardia, decreased cardiac index, dysrhythmias
Q: The two atrioventricular valves are:
Mitral and aortic
IABP eLearning: Therapy Program Questions
and Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: The Intra-aortic balloon is most commonly inserted through the:
Femoral Artery
Brachial artery
Carotid artery
Renal artery
ANS 🗹🗹: Femoral Artery
Q: Volume and pressure inside the left ventricle at the end of diastole is referred to as:
Afterload
Stroke Volume
Preload
Cardiac output
ANS 🗹🗹: Preload
Q: Resistance to flow or impedance to ventricular ejection is referred to as:
Preload
Afterload
Cardiac output
Stroke Volume
ANS 🗹🗹: Afterload
Q: Coronary arteries receive the majority of arterial blood supply during:
Systole
Diastole
Ventricular repolarization
Isovolumetric contraction
ANS 🗹🗹: Diastole
Q: The primary effects of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation are:
Increased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/decreased myocardial oxygen supply
Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen supply
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Increased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen supply
ANS 🗹🗹: Decreased myocardial oxygen demand/increased myocardial oxygen
supply
Q: Intra-aortic balloons are indicated for:
Prophylactic support for PTCA or anesthesia induction, incompetent aortic valve, and
cerebral stroke
End stage cardiac disease, incompetent aortic valve, cardiogenic shock, septic shock
Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and complications of heart
failure
Brain death, sheathless insertion with severe obesity or scarring of the groin, carotid
artery surgery
ANS 🗹🗹: Acute coronary syndrome, cardiac and non-cardiac surgery, and
complications of heart failure
Q: Diastolic Augmentation can be affected by:
Timing
IAB Position
Patient hemodynamics
All of the above
ANS 🗹🗹: All of the above
Q: Restriction of gas flow through the IAB may be caused by:
Decreased SVR
Hyperthermia
Kink in the catheter
Helium diffusion
ANS 🗹🗹: Kink in the catheter
Q: Stroke volume may be decreased by:
Tachycardia, decreased cardiac index, dysrhythmias
Catheter kink, tachycardia, failure to unfold
Water Condensation, dysrhythmias, catheter kink
Vasoactive drugs, body temperature, water condensation
ANS 🗹🗹: Tachycardia, decreased cardiac index, dysrhythmias
Q: The two atrioventricular valves are:
Mitral and aortic
