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CVS 204 FINAL EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
If S3 is heard in adults what 2 things can it be associated with? -
ANSWER-1. diastolic overload
2. decreased ventricular compliance
is S3 is heard in elderly it is usually due to what 2 things: -
ANSWER-volume overload, CHF
An S4 heart sound is rarely heard, if present what two things can
it be due to: - ANSWER-pressure overload, hypertension
which one of the atrioventricular valves closes first? - ANSWER-
mitral valve
heart murmurs are caused by: - ANSWER-turbulent blood flow
through abnormal valves
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Which semilunar valve closes first? - ANSWER-aortic valve
mid systolic click is associated with _____________ - ANSWER-
mitral valve prolapse
Opening snap is associated with __________ - ANSWER-mitral
stenosis (or tricuspid)
_____ -_____% of cardiac tumors are benign and curable -
ANSWER-75-80
a sound usually created by turbulent blood flow through abnormal
vessels is called a _________ - ANSWER-bruit
Bilateral and biventricular dilatation and ventricular systolic and
diastolic dysfunction of unknown origin is defined as
____________ - ANSWER-cardiomyopathies
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Idiopathic asymmetric hypertrophy of the heart with the greatest
affinity for the septum is defined as ____________ - ANSWER-
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy has the greatest affinity for the
____________ - ANSWER-septal wall
what are the 4 major complications of hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy? - ANSWER-1. sudden cardiac death upon
exertion
2. infective endocarditis
3. systemic embolism
4. heart failure
A cardiomyopathy will involve dilatation of what chambers? -
ANSWER-RV, RA, LV, LA
increased resistance to ventricular filling due to decreased
myocardial stiffness is __________ and _________
cardiomyopathy - ANSWER-restrictive and inflitrative
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cardiomyopathy will affect the left ventricle in what way? -
ANSWER-decrease LV systolic and diastolic function
A dilation of both ventricles and atria
with contractile failure is known as ____________ - ANSWER-
dilated cardiomyopathy
Echo dense multiple nodular masses in several chambers would
be an indication of ________________ (usually benign!) -
ANSWER-rhabdomyoma
a myxoma is usually attached by a stalk to the ________ -
ANSWER-IAS
state the 3 complications of a myxoma: - ANSWER-1. infected
myxoma
2. pulmonary emboli
3. sudden death
CVS 204 FINAL EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
If S3 is heard in adults what 2 things can it be associated with? -
ANSWER-1. diastolic overload
2. decreased ventricular compliance
is S3 is heard in elderly it is usually due to what 2 things: -
ANSWER-volume overload, CHF
An S4 heart sound is rarely heard, if present what two things can
it be due to: - ANSWER-pressure overload, hypertension
which one of the atrioventricular valves closes first? - ANSWER-
mitral valve
heart murmurs are caused by: - ANSWER-turbulent blood flow
through abnormal valves
,2|Page
Which semilunar valve closes first? - ANSWER-aortic valve
mid systolic click is associated with _____________ - ANSWER-
mitral valve prolapse
Opening snap is associated with __________ - ANSWER-mitral
stenosis (or tricuspid)
_____ -_____% of cardiac tumors are benign and curable -
ANSWER-75-80
a sound usually created by turbulent blood flow through abnormal
vessels is called a _________ - ANSWER-bruit
Bilateral and biventricular dilatation and ventricular systolic and
diastolic dysfunction of unknown origin is defined as
____________ - ANSWER-cardiomyopathies
,3|Page
Idiopathic asymmetric hypertrophy of the heart with the greatest
affinity for the septum is defined as ____________ - ANSWER-
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy has the greatest affinity for the
____________ - ANSWER-septal wall
what are the 4 major complications of hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy? - ANSWER-1. sudden cardiac death upon
exertion
2. infective endocarditis
3. systemic embolism
4. heart failure
A cardiomyopathy will involve dilatation of what chambers? -
ANSWER-RV, RA, LV, LA
increased resistance to ventricular filling due to decreased
myocardial stiffness is __________ and _________
cardiomyopathy - ANSWER-restrictive and inflitrative
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cardiomyopathy will affect the left ventricle in what way? -
ANSWER-decrease LV systolic and diastolic function
A dilation of both ventricles and atria
with contractile failure is known as ____________ - ANSWER-
dilated cardiomyopathy
Echo dense multiple nodular masses in several chambers would
be an indication of ________________ (usually benign!) -
ANSWER-rhabdomyoma
a myxoma is usually attached by a stalk to the ________ -
ANSWER-IAS
state the 3 complications of a myxoma: - ANSWER-1. infected
myxoma
2. pulmonary emboli
3. sudden death
