ADULT ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Loeffler endocarditis - ANS A restrictive heart disease that causes endomyocardial fibrosis
with associated eosinophil levels; most common in tropical/temperate climates
Describe normal mitral valve - ANS Anterior leaflet is longer then posterior leaflet
Most common congenital heart defect that is detected in adults - ANS Bicuspid aortic valve
When does the tricuspid valve open - ANS Before the mitral valve
When does the tricuspid valve close - ANS After the mitral valve closes
Dressler's syndrome - ANS Pericarditis that occurs 4 weeks after a myocardial infarction
A thin layer of ___ muscle provides support for the atrial walls - ANS Pectinate
A peak pressure gradient of 45mmHg across the pulmonary valve indicates - ANS Moderate
stenosis
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,Which operator control can be used to adjust the image contrast - ANS Dynamic range
Where is the oblique sinus - ANS Posterior to the left atrium
Most common cause of tricuspid regurg - ANS Pulmonary hypertension
Normal left ventricular response to exercise is - ANS Reduced end systolic volume
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - ANS Ebstein anomaly is usually associated with a
secundum ASD and this
Chiari Network - ANS Much thinner delicate and mobile than the eustachian valve
New ASD is complication most commonly seen with what - ANS Balloon mitral valvotomy
Infundibulum is part of the - ANS Proximal RVOT
atrial depolarization - ANS P wave
Fabry disease - ANS Develop left ventricular hypertrophy that can be symmetric or
asymmetric with hyperechoic endocardium
Tetralogy of Fallot - ANS VSD overriding aorta and right ventricular hypertrophy
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, Persistent Left SVC - ANS Abnormal connection of the left subclavian vein to the coronary
sinus
Normal or hyper dynamic score - ANS 1
Hypokinesis scofe - ANS 2
Akinesis score - ANS 3
Dyskinesis or Anuerysmal score - ANS 4
How do you measure strain rate - ANS 2-3 tissue Doppler samples from AOI
Amyloidosis - ANS a metabolic disorder marked by amyloid deposits in organs and tissue
Grape cluster mass - ANS Myxoma
atrial fibrillation waveform - ANS The A wave is absent
Shone Complex - ANS LV inflow and LV outflow obstruction are present
pectus excavatum - ANS Funnel chest associated with MVP
Eisenmenger syndrome - ANS shunts flow in a left to right direction; eventually, there will be
increased blood in the pulmonary circulation, leading to pulmonary hypertension. this will
reverse the shunt from right to left
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Loeffler endocarditis - ANS A restrictive heart disease that causes endomyocardial fibrosis
with associated eosinophil levels; most common in tropical/temperate climates
Describe normal mitral valve - ANS Anterior leaflet is longer then posterior leaflet
Most common congenital heart defect that is detected in adults - ANS Bicuspid aortic valve
When does the tricuspid valve open - ANS Before the mitral valve
When does the tricuspid valve close - ANS After the mitral valve closes
Dressler's syndrome - ANS Pericarditis that occurs 4 weeks after a myocardial infarction
A thin layer of ___ muscle provides support for the atrial walls - ANS Pectinate
A peak pressure gradient of 45mmHg across the pulmonary valve indicates - ANS Moderate
stenosis
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Which operator control can be used to adjust the image contrast - ANS Dynamic range
Where is the oblique sinus - ANS Posterior to the left atrium
Most common cause of tricuspid regurg - ANS Pulmonary hypertension
Normal left ventricular response to exercise is - ANS Reduced end systolic volume
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - ANS Ebstein anomaly is usually associated with a
secundum ASD and this
Chiari Network - ANS Much thinner delicate and mobile than the eustachian valve
New ASD is complication most commonly seen with what - ANS Balloon mitral valvotomy
Infundibulum is part of the - ANS Proximal RVOT
atrial depolarization - ANS P wave
Fabry disease - ANS Develop left ventricular hypertrophy that can be symmetric or
asymmetric with hyperechoic endocardium
Tetralogy of Fallot - ANS VSD overriding aorta and right ventricular hypertrophy
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Persistent Left SVC - ANS Abnormal connection of the left subclavian vein to the coronary
sinus
Normal or hyper dynamic score - ANS 1
Hypokinesis scofe - ANS 2
Akinesis score - ANS 3
Dyskinesis or Anuerysmal score - ANS 4
How do you measure strain rate - ANS 2-3 tissue Doppler samples from AOI
Amyloidosis - ANS a metabolic disorder marked by amyloid deposits in organs and tissue
Grape cluster mass - ANS Myxoma
atrial fibrillation waveform - ANS The A wave is absent
Shone Complex - ANS LV inflow and LV outflow obstruction are present
pectus excavatum - ANS Funnel chest associated with MVP
Eisenmenger syndrome - ANS shunts flow in a left to right direction; eventually, there will be
increased blood in the pulmonary circulation, leading to pulmonary hypertension. this will
reverse the shunt from right to left
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