CCI RCS Registry Prep| 385 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

What valve separates the areas of greatest pressure differences? Correct Answer: Mitral valve What valve separates the areas of the lowest pressure differences? Correct Answer: Tricuspid valve Where does the LAD lie on the heart? Correct Answer: Anterior interventricular groove (sulcus) What aortic cusp is superior in PLAX view? Correct Answer: RCC What aortic cusp is posterior in PLAX view? Correct Answer: NCC From the left parasternal window which of the following are you most likely to get accurate velocity measurments? Correct Answer: Pulmonary artery What view gives the most accurate velocities of the PV/pulmonary artery? Correct Answer: PSAX; short axis What is the red flow traveling to the RA that you can sometimes see from the inflow view? Correct Answer: IVC What are the tricuspid leaflets seen in the inflow view? Correct Answer: anterior and posterior Where is the LAA located on TTE? Correct Answer: Sometimes can be seen in AV level short axis, but is better visualized in an apical 2 chamber view The coronary arteries come off the: Correct Answer: Sinuses of Valsalva What is the most anomalous artery? Correct Answer: Right coronary During which phase do the coronaries fill? Correct Answer: early diastole True/False --- The coronary arteries can fill during systole Correct Answer: False When is TAPSE measured? Correct Answer: Between end diastole and peak systole