CCI ECHO FINAL EXAM AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 500+
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
LATEST FOR 2024 UPDATE
All of the above - correct one-A pt presents with a transcatheter aortic valve replacement. What
information must the sonographer obtain prior to performing the echocardiogram? Choose all answers
that apply.
Date of implantation
Size of Valve
Systemic blood pressure
Prior LV Ejection Fraction
Dilated Cardiomyopathy - correct one-The double diamond sign on an M -mode tracing of the MV is
indicative of mid diastolic closure caused by.....
Acute MI
Dressler Syndrome
Pulmonary HTN
Dilated cardiomyopathy
E-F - correct one-The slope between which two points of the Doppler tracing of the mitral valve are used
to calculate the pressure half time?
D-E
E-F
E-A
E/E'
The inability to detect two or more contiguous segments in any three of the apical windows - correct
one-Microbubble contrast evaluation of the LV is performed when standard 2D images are suboptimal.
Suboptimal images are defined as:
,The inability to detect two or more contiguous segments in any of the apical windows
The inability to detect two or more contiguous segments in any three of the apical windows
dp/dt - correct one-Which of the following calculations demonstrates the rate of increase in left ventricle
pressure during systolic contraction?
EF %
Qp/Qs
dp/dt
Fractional Shortening
Mitral valve waveform - correct one-The image demonstrates a Doppler waveform from the mitral valve,
A caliper is placed on the E peak velocity. The blue dot is placed where the second cursor would be
placed.
Papillary Muscle - correct one-Which of the following should be omitted from the optimal parasternal
long axis view of the left ventricle?
Right ventricular outflow tract
Papillary muscle
Descending Aorta
Coronary sinus
,The membranous type of VSD is located at the junction of the left ventricular outflow tract and the
muscular portion of the septum. - correct one-Which of the following regarding ventricular septal
defects is true?
Pulmonary HTN - correct one-In tamponade the RV free wall will collapse in diastole, except in patients
with significant:
Systemic HTN
Pulmonary HTN
tricuspid regurgitation
pericardial effusion
Cardiac output / body surface area - correct one-How is the cardiac index calculated ?
Cardiac output / body surface area
stroke volume / cardiac output
cardiac output / stroke volume
Stroke volume x cardiac output x body surface area
At what time during fetal growth is the heart first fully developed?
a) 20 days
b) 30 days
c) 40 days
d) 50 days - correct one-40 days
, On the 30th day, the truncus normally divides. What anomaly occurs if the truncus does not divide?
a) A-V canal
b) muscular VSD
c) transposition of the great vessels
d) truncus arteriosus - correct one-truncus arteriosus
The sinus venous forms all of the following EXCEPT:
a) coronary sinus
b) pulmonary arteries
c) right atrium
d) inferior vena cava - correct one-pulmonary arteries
The trunks arterioles forms all of the following EXCEPT:
a) pulmonary veins
b) carotid artery
c) pulmonary arteries
d) ductus arteriosus - correct one-pulmonary veins
What are the two right-to-left shunts in the normal fetal circulation?
a) ductus arterioles and primum ASD
b) VSD and ASD
c) foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus
d) foramen ovale and VSD - correct one-foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus
Which of the following left-to-right shunts is the last to close in the normal post-partum period? When
does it close?
a) patent ductus arteriosus, closes in the 7th day
b) patent foramen ovale, closes in the 2nd day
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
LATEST FOR 2024 UPDATE
All of the above - correct one-A pt presents with a transcatheter aortic valve replacement. What
information must the sonographer obtain prior to performing the echocardiogram? Choose all answers
that apply.
Date of implantation
Size of Valve
Systemic blood pressure
Prior LV Ejection Fraction
Dilated Cardiomyopathy - correct one-The double diamond sign on an M -mode tracing of the MV is
indicative of mid diastolic closure caused by.....
Acute MI
Dressler Syndrome
Pulmonary HTN
Dilated cardiomyopathy
E-F - correct one-The slope between which two points of the Doppler tracing of the mitral valve are used
to calculate the pressure half time?
D-E
E-F
E-A
E/E'
The inability to detect two or more contiguous segments in any three of the apical windows - correct
one-Microbubble contrast evaluation of the LV is performed when standard 2D images are suboptimal.
Suboptimal images are defined as:
,The inability to detect two or more contiguous segments in any of the apical windows
The inability to detect two or more contiguous segments in any three of the apical windows
dp/dt - correct one-Which of the following calculations demonstrates the rate of increase in left ventricle
pressure during systolic contraction?
EF %
Qp/Qs
dp/dt
Fractional Shortening
Mitral valve waveform - correct one-The image demonstrates a Doppler waveform from the mitral valve,
A caliper is placed on the E peak velocity. The blue dot is placed where the second cursor would be
placed.
Papillary Muscle - correct one-Which of the following should be omitted from the optimal parasternal
long axis view of the left ventricle?
Right ventricular outflow tract
Papillary muscle
Descending Aorta
Coronary sinus
,The membranous type of VSD is located at the junction of the left ventricular outflow tract and the
muscular portion of the septum. - correct one-Which of the following regarding ventricular septal
defects is true?
Pulmonary HTN - correct one-In tamponade the RV free wall will collapse in diastole, except in patients
with significant:
Systemic HTN
Pulmonary HTN
tricuspid regurgitation
pericardial effusion
Cardiac output / body surface area - correct one-How is the cardiac index calculated ?
Cardiac output / body surface area
stroke volume / cardiac output
cardiac output / stroke volume
Stroke volume x cardiac output x body surface area
At what time during fetal growth is the heart first fully developed?
a) 20 days
b) 30 days
c) 40 days
d) 50 days - correct one-40 days
, On the 30th day, the truncus normally divides. What anomaly occurs if the truncus does not divide?
a) A-V canal
b) muscular VSD
c) transposition of the great vessels
d) truncus arteriosus - correct one-truncus arteriosus
The sinus venous forms all of the following EXCEPT:
a) coronary sinus
b) pulmonary arteries
c) right atrium
d) inferior vena cava - correct one-pulmonary arteries
The trunks arterioles forms all of the following EXCEPT:
a) pulmonary veins
b) carotid artery
c) pulmonary arteries
d) ductus arteriosus - correct one-pulmonary veins
What are the two right-to-left shunts in the normal fetal circulation?
a) ductus arterioles and primum ASD
b) VSD and ASD
c) foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus
d) foramen ovale and VSD - correct one-foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus
Which of the following left-to-right shunts is the last to close in the normal post-partum period? When
does it close?
a) patent ductus arteriosus, closes in the 7th day
b) patent foramen ovale, closes in the 2nd day
