CCI ECHO EXAMS SCRIPT LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Constrictive Pericarditis - ✔✔Adherent, thickened, and fibrotic pericardium
✔✔true - ✔✔Bioprosthtic valves are used for catheter implantation and are mounted on
a compressible stent
✔✔False - ✔✔Ball and Cage valves are still in use
✔✔Age and pannus growth - ✔✔Mechanical valve stenosis or regurg is due to
✔✔true - ✔✔Mechanical valves are prone to thrombus formation
✔✔PLAX - ✔✔Standard ____ plane provides optimal visualization of valve leaflet
anatomy/movement with mechanical valves
✔✔midsystolic click and/or late systolic murmur - ✔✔Clinically, prolapse of the MV is
associated with
✔✔ischemic heart disease - ✔✔papillary muscle dysfunction usually results from
✔✔3 mm - ✔✔In order to see a veg it must be
✔✔akinetic - ✔✔When a wall exhibits no motion it is called
✔✔Infiltrative - ✔✔What cardiomyopathy is associated with amyloidosis?
✔✔VSD - ✔✔Infundibular pulmonary stenosis is uncommon as an isolated lesion and
usually goes with a
✔✔Ostium secundum - ✔✔Most common type of ASD is
✔✔RCA - ✔✔What coronary artery supplies the AV node and SA node?
✔✔ Mitral Valve prolapse and Aortic dilation - ✔✔Which abnormalities commonly go
with Marfan's?
✔✔Ischemic Heart Disease - ✔✔Papillary muscle dysfunction usually results from
✔✔3 mm - ✔✔In order to record the veg of endocarditis by echo, it must be
✔✔4 - ✔✔How many veins connect the pulmonary vascular bed with the LA?
, ✔✔infiltrative - ✔✔Which cardiomyopathy is associated with amyloidosis?
✔✔Diastolic - ✔✔Which m-mode finding is considered to be a specific indicator of a
fenestrated AV?
✔✔VSD - ✔✔Pulmonic stenosis in uncommon as an isolated defect and is usually
accompanied with a
✔✔Positioning the tdx in too high an intercostal space - ✔✔false overriding of the aorta
may be produced on the m-mode echo by
✔✔rheumatic mitral stenosis - ✔✔A fib is most common with what valvular disease
✔✔bovine, equine, or porcine valve - ✔✔Example of a bioprosthetic
✔✔pericardial effusion may not be present - ✔✔When a patient has a clinical diagnosis
of pericarditis
✔✔less than 0.06 seconds after MV closure - ✔✔TV closure usually occurs
✔✔coronary artery aneurysm - ✔✔Kawasaki's disease may lead to
✔✔pulsed doppler - ✔✔which echo technique is best for the detection of MR
✔✔fossa ovalis region of the atrial septum - ✔✔atrial myxomas are usually attached to
the
✔✔apical 5 and apical long axis view - ✔✔which 2d views are best for direct imaging of
a discrete subaortic membrane
✔✔constrictive pericarditis - ✔✔premature opening of the pulmonary valve may be seen
in
✔✔low CO - ✔✔an underestimation of AS may occur because of
✔✔pressure half-time - ✔✔Estimation of MV area from doppler is calculated by the
✔✔apical 4 - ✔✔What is the standard view for contrast study with an ASD?
✔✔Aortic Insufficiency - ✔✔The doppler jet of MS obtained at the apex is sometimes
confused with
✔✔be higher following long R-R intervals - ✔✔For patients with AS and A fib, peak
systolic aortic velocity will
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Constrictive Pericarditis - ✔✔Adherent, thickened, and fibrotic pericardium
✔✔true - ✔✔Bioprosthtic valves are used for catheter implantation and are mounted on
a compressible stent
✔✔False - ✔✔Ball and Cage valves are still in use
✔✔Age and pannus growth - ✔✔Mechanical valve stenosis or regurg is due to
✔✔true - ✔✔Mechanical valves are prone to thrombus formation
✔✔PLAX - ✔✔Standard ____ plane provides optimal visualization of valve leaflet
anatomy/movement with mechanical valves
✔✔midsystolic click and/or late systolic murmur - ✔✔Clinically, prolapse of the MV is
associated with
✔✔ischemic heart disease - ✔✔papillary muscle dysfunction usually results from
✔✔3 mm - ✔✔In order to see a veg it must be
✔✔akinetic - ✔✔When a wall exhibits no motion it is called
✔✔Infiltrative - ✔✔What cardiomyopathy is associated with amyloidosis?
✔✔VSD - ✔✔Infundibular pulmonary stenosis is uncommon as an isolated lesion and
usually goes with a
✔✔Ostium secundum - ✔✔Most common type of ASD is
✔✔RCA - ✔✔What coronary artery supplies the AV node and SA node?
✔✔ Mitral Valve prolapse and Aortic dilation - ✔✔Which abnormalities commonly go
with Marfan's?
✔✔Ischemic Heart Disease - ✔✔Papillary muscle dysfunction usually results from
✔✔3 mm - ✔✔In order to record the veg of endocarditis by echo, it must be
✔✔4 - ✔✔How many veins connect the pulmonary vascular bed with the LA?
, ✔✔infiltrative - ✔✔Which cardiomyopathy is associated with amyloidosis?
✔✔Diastolic - ✔✔Which m-mode finding is considered to be a specific indicator of a
fenestrated AV?
✔✔VSD - ✔✔Pulmonic stenosis in uncommon as an isolated defect and is usually
accompanied with a
✔✔Positioning the tdx in too high an intercostal space - ✔✔false overriding of the aorta
may be produced on the m-mode echo by
✔✔rheumatic mitral stenosis - ✔✔A fib is most common with what valvular disease
✔✔bovine, equine, or porcine valve - ✔✔Example of a bioprosthetic
✔✔pericardial effusion may not be present - ✔✔When a patient has a clinical diagnosis
of pericarditis
✔✔less than 0.06 seconds after MV closure - ✔✔TV closure usually occurs
✔✔coronary artery aneurysm - ✔✔Kawasaki's disease may lead to
✔✔pulsed doppler - ✔✔which echo technique is best for the detection of MR
✔✔fossa ovalis region of the atrial septum - ✔✔atrial myxomas are usually attached to
the
✔✔apical 5 and apical long axis view - ✔✔which 2d views are best for direct imaging of
a discrete subaortic membrane
✔✔constrictive pericarditis - ✔✔premature opening of the pulmonary valve may be seen
in
✔✔low CO - ✔✔an underestimation of AS may occur because of
✔✔pressure half-time - ✔✔Estimation of MV area from doppler is calculated by the
✔✔apical 4 - ✔✔What is the standard view for contrast study with an ASD?
✔✔Aortic Insufficiency - ✔✔The doppler jet of MS obtained at the apex is sometimes
confused with
✔✔be higher following long R-R intervals - ✔✔For patients with AS and A fib, peak
systolic aortic velocity will
