CCI ARDMS Registry review practice questions with correct answers 2024

Which of the following would most likely result in a late systolic murmur? - MVP typically happens late and has a late click.. And you would get a later murmur associated the MR Called "click murmur syndrome" Electrical alternans is usually associated with - pericardial effusion Electrical alternans= the height of QRS varies (taller and shorter) this is cause by the fluid around the heart causing the heart to swim around so the electrical axis is constantly changing Which coronary artery feeds the "free wall" of the LV seen in an apical 4 chamber view? - circumflex The finding of an overriding aorta in the parasternal long-axis view of an echocardiogram is most consistent with? - VSD (bc TOF) The resistance against which the ventricle contracts is known as? - Afterload is- end systolic wall stress (will never ask this one) and systemic vascular resistance Prinzmetal is associated with a type of - angina; caused by coronary vasospasm Valvular atresia is a valve that is - underdeveloped or absent Which of the following may be caused by rapid accumulation of fluid in the pericardial space? - cardiac tamponade A ventricular wall motion abnormality that is reversible with nitroglycerin is - myocardial ischemia Fine high frequency diastolic flutter of the mitral valve is most consistent with - Aortic insufficiency- called austin flint murmur Which of the following echocardiographic findings is most likely to be found with Marfan's syndrome? - dilated AO root What causes a pseudoaneurysm? - myocardial rupture What would a dry nonproductive cough and dyspnea suggest in the cardiac patient? - LV failure; Back up of the blood in the left side which can cause the LA size to increase which would tickle the laryngeal nerve.