The first valve examined by echocardiography was the:
A. aortic valve
B. pulmonic valve
C. tricuspid valve
D. mitral valve - Answers D
The original echocardiogram abbreviation was confused with which test?
A. echoencephalography
B. electrocardiogram
C. electrophysiology - Answers B
Real-time imaging of the heart was introduced in the:
A. 1950's
B. 1960's
C. 1970's
D. 1980's - Answers C
The type of echo in which the patient swallows the probe is:
A. transthoracic
B. transesophageal
C. intraoperative
D. stress echo - Answers B
Images of the heart are clearest using:
A. transthoracic echo
B. transesophageal echo
C. stress echo - Answers B
Echocardiography today is used for:
, A. detection of valvular blockages/leaks
B. pericardial effusion
C. congenital defects
D. two of the above
E. all of the above - Answers E
Echocardiography is completely non-invasive.
A. True
B. False - Answers B
Passing the RDCS echocardiography board exam means you are also registered in pediatric
echo.
A. True
B. False - Answers B
Real-time imaging of the heart is called:
A. A-Mode
B. B-Mode
C. E-Mode
D. M-Mode - Answers B
What type of physician primarily interprets echocardiograms?
A. vascular surgeon
B. radiologist
C. cardiologist
D. neurologist - Answers C
Who was the Austrian physicist who first described the how frequency of sound is affected by
motion of the source and detector?
a. Inge Edler