CCI ECHO REVIEW EXAMS UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔left ventricular dimension changes - ✔✔Patients with AI may have serial echos for
✔✔abnormal wall motion - ✔✔A left ventricular thrombus is usually in an area of
✔✔myocardial infarction - ✔✔Rupture of the IVS is most commonly a complication of
✔✔T wave - ✔✔Ventricular repolarization
✔✔Tricuspid regurgitation - ✔✔A common cause for right ventricular volume overload
✔✔Aortic insufficiency - ✔✔Premature closure of the MV can be seen in patients with
✔✔Calcified mitral annulus - ✔✔Most common cause of MR in elderly patients
✔✔Mitral stenosis - ✔✔LV mass (weight) remains normal in chronic
✔✔narfans - ✔✔What syndromes fit with AI, Aortic dilation, dissection?
✔✔check LV size - ✔✔Why follow chronic AI?
✔✔post valvuloplasty - ✔✔When is mitral pressure half-time NOT accurate?
✔✔Right ventricular systolic pressure - ✔✔Given TR and RA pressure, what can you
calculate?
✔✔severe MR - ✔✔If a pt has a dilated LV and thin septum what might be going on with
this patient?
✔✔pulmonary venous flow - ✔✔What is the best way to determine severity of Mitral
regurgitation?
✔✔Carcinoid - ✔✔Which cardiac pathology affects valves?
✔✔causing restrictive diastolic filling - ✔✔Cardiac tamponade is rapid filling fluid
✔✔AI - ✔✔Peripheral contrast is NOT useful in
✔✔because of the coronary arteries - ✔✔Why are the RCC, LCC, and NCC called what
they are?
, ✔✔atrioventricular sulcus - ✔✔Where does the left anterior descending artery originate?
✔✔Tricuspid Regurgitation - ✔✔A systolic rumble could be
✔✔sit them up - ✔✔if you are doing an echo on a supine patient who becomes SOB
✔✔pulmonic - ✔✔Which valve is least likely to be affected by rheumatic disease?
✔✔Valvular areas - ✔✔Gorlin Formula in cath lab is used to calculate
✔✔gender - ✔✔MV inflow velocity should not be affected by
✔✔apical infarction - ✔✔With what disease should you not rely on mmode for
quantifying LVEF?
✔✔AI - ✔✔patients with ankylosing spondylitis may develop
✔✔high MI - ✔✔What can cause contrast to disipate too quickly?
✔✔40 cc - ✔✔Normally how much pericardial fluid is present?
✔✔hypovolemia (pulmonary hypertension, caridac tamponade, TS all do) - ✔✔All of the
following may result in JVD except
✔✔Right ventricular increase - ✔✔If a patient has Cor Pulmonale which of the following
conditions are most likely to exist?
✔✔pleural effusion (pericardial effusion, AS, hypertrophic can) - ✔✔An enlarged heart
on xray could be all of the following except?
✔✔4th - ✔✔Which embryonic arch develops into the trasverse arch?
✔✔fusiform - ✔✔If you have a uniformly dilated Aortic root the term
✔✔apical infarction - ✔✔The primary cause for papillary muscle dysfunction is
✔✔MV close - ✔✔Which valve event starts isovolumic contraction?
✔✔AV closure - ✔✔Which valve event starts isovolumic relaxation?
✔✔AV open - ✔✔Which valve event ends isovolumic contraction?
✔✔MV open - ✔✔Which valve event ends isovolumic relaxation?
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔left ventricular dimension changes - ✔✔Patients with AI may have serial echos for
✔✔abnormal wall motion - ✔✔A left ventricular thrombus is usually in an area of
✔✔myocardial infarction - ✔✔Rupture of the IVS is most commonly a complication of
✔✔T wave - ✔✔Ventricular repolarization
✔✔Tricuspid regurgitation - ✔✔A common cause for right ventricular volume overload
✔✔Aortic insufficiency - ✔✔Premature closure of the MV can be seen in patients with
✔✔Calcified mitral annulus - ✔✔Most common cause of MR in elderly patients
✔✔Mitral stenosis - ✔✔LV mass (weight) remains normal in chronic
✔✔narfans - ✔✔What syndromes fit with AI, Aortic dilation, dissection?
✔✔check LV size - ✔✔Why follow chronic AI?
✔✔post valvuloplasty - ✔✔When is mitral pressure half-time NOT accurate?
✔✔Right ventricular systolic pressure - ✔✔Given TR and RA pressure, what can you
calculate?
✔✔severe MR - ✔✔If a pt has a dilated LV and thin septum what might be going on with
this patient?
✔✔pulmonary venous flow - ✔✔What is the best way to determine severity of Mitral
regurgitation?
✔✔Carcinoid - ✔✔Which cardiac pathology affects valves?
✔✔causing restrictive diastolic filling - ✔✔Cardiac tamponade is rapid filling fluid
✔✔AI - ✔✔Peripheral contrast is NOT useful in
✔✔because of the coronary arteries - ✔✔Why are the RCC, LCC, and NCC called what
they are?
, ✔✔atrioventricular sulcus - ✔✔Where does the left anterior descending artery originate?
✔✔Tricuspid Regurgitation - ✔✔A systolic rumble could be
✔✔sit them up - ✔✔if you are doing an echo on a supine patient who becomes SOB
✔✔pulmonic - ✔✔Which valve is least likely to be affected by rheumatic disease?
✔✔Valvular areas - ✔✔Gorlin Formula in cath lab is used to calculate
✔✔gender - ✔✔MV inflow velocity should not be affected by
✔✔apical infarction - ✔✔With what disease should you not rely on mmode for
quantifying LVEF?
✔✔AI - ✔✔patients with ankylosing spondylitis may develop
✔✔high MI - ✔✔What can cause contrast to disipate too quickly?
✔✔40 cc - ✔✔Normally how much pericardial fluid is present?
✔✔hypovolemia (pulmonary hypertension, caridac tamponade, TS all do) - ✔✔All of the
following may result in JVD except
✔✔Right ventricular increase - ✔✔If a patient has Cor Pulmonale which of the following
conditions are most likely to exist?
✔✔pleural effusion (pericardial effusion, AS, hypertrophic can) - ✔✔An enlarged heart
on xray could be all of the following except?
✔✔4th - ✔✔Which embryonic arch develops into the trasverse arch?
✔✔fusiform - ✔✔If you have a uniformly dilated Aortic root the term
✔✔apical infarction - ✔✔The primary cause for papillary muscle dysfunction is
✔✔MV close - ✔✔Which valve event starts isovolumic contraction?
✔✔AV closure - ✔✔Which valve event starts isovolumic relaxation?
✔✔AV open - ✔✔Which valve event ends isovolumic contraction?
✔✔MV open - ✔✔Which valve event ends isovolumic relaxation?
