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Cardiovascular diseases Practise Questions and Answers
Table of Contents
Set 1: Congenital Heart | Cardiovascular Disease Overview................................................................1
Set 2: Cardiovascular Disease Overview...............................................................................................4
Set 3: Valvular Heart Disease Overview...............................................................................................8
Set 4: Acute Coronary Syndrome Overview.......................................................................................11
Set 4: Acute Coronary Syndrome Overview.......................................................................................13
Set 5: Chronic Heart Failure Overview...............................................................................................16
Set 6: Heart Failure Overview and Management...............................................................................19
Set 7: Cardiac Tamponade Overview..................................................................................................24
Set 1: Congenital Heart | Cardiovascular Disease Overview
1. Explain how cardiac catheterization can lead to a shorter recovery time compared
to traditional surgical methods.
o It requires a longer hospital stay.
o It is less invasive, leading to quicker healing.
o It involves more extensive incisions.
o It does not require any anesthesia.
Answer: It is less invasive, leading to quicker healing.
2. Which of the following choices describes the pressure relationship between the aorta
and pulmonary artery during systole?
o Aortic pressures will always be higher than pulmonary artery pressures.
o Pulmonary artery pressures will always be higher than aortic pressures.
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o Pulmonary artery and aortic pressures are always equal.
Answer: Aortic pressures will always be higher than pulmonary artery pressures.
3. Explain why balloon valvuloplasty is considered an effective treatment option for
pulmonic stenosis in veterinary patients.
o It reduces blood flow to the lungs.
o It increases the size of the pulmonary artery.
o It alleviates obstruction and improves blood flow.
o It closes the ductus arteriosus.
Answer: It alleviates obstruction and improves blood flow.
4. Which of the following choices describes the pressure relationship between the aorta
and pulmonary artery during diastole?
o Aortic pressure will be higher than the pulmonary artery pressure.
o Pulmonary artery pressure will be higher than the aortic pressure.
o Pulmonary artery pressure and aortic pressure will be the same.
Answer: Aortic pressure will be higher than the pulmonary artery pressure.
5. Which direction should blood flow through the shunt given your answers to the
above questions? (PDA)
o Blood should move left to right during systole and diastole.
o Blood should move left to right during systole only.
o Blood should move right to left during systole and diastole.
o Blood should move right to left during systole only.
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o There will be little to no blood shunting during the cardiac cycle.
Answer: Blood should move left to right during systole and diastole.
6. Explain why a patient with a left-to-right patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) typically
presents with a heart murmur.
o The murmur is caused by turbulent blood flow due to the shunting of blood from
the aorta to the pulmonary artery.
o The murmur is a result of increased pressure in the left atrium.
o The murmur is due to the closure of the ductus arteriosus.
o The murmur is caused by aortic regurgitation.
Answer: The murmur is caused by turbulent blood flow due to the shunting of
blood from the aorta to the pulmonary artery.
7. Which best describes the murmur heard in a patient with a left-to-right flowing
PDA?
o A. Systolic
o B. Diastolic
o C. Holosystolic
o D. A and B
o E. Continuous
Answer: Continuous.
8. ___ pulmonic stenosis involves stenosis in the right ventricle outflow tract creating a
right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
Answer: Subvalvular pulmonic stenosis.
Cardiovascular diseases Practise Questions and Answers
Table of Contents
Set 1: Congenital Heart | Cardiovascular Disease Overview................................................................1
Set 2: Cardiovascular Disease Overview...............................................................................................4
Set 3: Valvular Heart Disease Overview...............................................................................................8
Set 4: Acute Coronary Syndrome Overview.......................................................................................11
Set 4: Acute Coronary Syndrome Overview.......................................................................................13
Set 5: Chronic Heart Failure Overview...............................................................................................16
Set 6: Heart Failure Overview and Management...............................................................................19
Set 7: Cardiac Tamponade Overview..................................................................................................24
Set 1: Congenital Heart | Cardiovascular Disease Overview
1. Explain how cardiac catheterization can lead to a shorter recovery time compared
to traditional surgical methods.
o It requires a longer hospital stay.
o It is less invasive, leading to quicker healing.
o It involves more extensive incisions.
o It does not require any anesthesia.
Answer: It is less invasive, leading to quicker healing.
2. Which of the following choices describes the pressure relationship between the aorta
and pulmonary artery during systole?
o Aortic pressures will always be higher than pulmonary artery pressures.
o Pulmonary artery pressures will always be higher than aortic pressures.
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o Pulmonary artery and aortic pressures are always equal.
Answer: Aortic pressures will always be higher than pulmonary artery pressures.
3. Explain why balloon valvuloplasty is considered an effective treatment option for
pulmonic stenosis in veterinary patients.
o It reduces blood flow to the lungs.
o It increases the size of the pulmonary artery.
o It alleviates obstruction and improves blood flow.
o It closes the ductus arteriosus.
Answer: It alleviates obstruction and improves blood flow.
4. Which of the following choices describes the pressure relationship between the aorta
and pulmonary artery during diastole?
o Aortic pressure will be higher than the pulmonary artery pressure.
o Pulmonary artery pressure will be higher than the aortic pressure.
o Pulmonary artery pressure and aortic pressure will be the same.
Answer: Aortic pressure will be higher than the pulmonary artery pressure.
5. Which direction should blood flow through the shunt given your answers to the
above questions? (PDA)
o Blood should move left to right during systole and diastole.
o Blood should move left to right during systole only.
o Blood should move right to left during systole and diastole.
o Blood should move right to left during systole only.
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o There will be little to no blood shunting during the cardiac cycle.
Answer: Blood should move left to right during systole and diastole.
6. Explain why a patient with a left-to-right patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) typically
presents with a heart murmur.
o The murmur is caused by turbulent blood flow due to the shunting of blood from
the aorta to the pulmonary artery.
o The murmur is a result of increased pressure in the left atrium.
o The murmur is due to the closure of the ductus arteriosus.
o The murmur is caused by aortic regurgitation.
Answer: The murmur is caused by turbulent blood flow due to the shunting of
blood from the aorta to the pulmonary artery.
7. Which best describes the murmur heard in a patient with a left-to-right flowing
PDA?
o A. Systolic
o B. Diastolic
o C. Holosystolic
o D. A and B
o E. Continuous
Answer: Continuous.
8. ___ pulmonic stenosis involves stenosis in the right ventricle outflow tract creating a
right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
Answer: Subvalvular pulmonic stenosis.
