NR 507 MIDTERM CARDIAC EXAM
WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
o Cor Pulmonale is: - CORRECT-ANSWERSRight ventricular failure secondary to
pulmonary hypertension.
o The most common cause of right-sided heart failure is: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSPulmonary hypertension.
o Hypertension has its most immediate effect on: - CORRECT-ANSWERSAfterload.
o In the healthy heart, the response to an increase in preload is for the stroke volume to -
CORRECT-ANSWERSIncrease
o Which of the following conditions can decrease preload? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSHemorrhage.
o The patient with aortic stenosis would most likely present with: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSMid-systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur.
o A patient with mitral regurgitation would most likely present with - CORRECT-
ANSWERSa blowing, holosystolic murmur / blowing pansystolic murmur best heard at
the hearts apex and radiates to the back and axilla
o A patient with mitral stenosis would most likely present with: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSRumbling, decrescendo diastolic murmur heard at apex of the heart.
o The patient with aortic regurgitation would most likely present with: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSAn early, high-pitched diastolic murmur heard at the left lower sternal border
o A diastolic rumbling murmur heart at the apex of the heart
o A systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur heart at the left upper sternal border
WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
o Cor Pulmonale is: - CORRECT-ANSWERSRight ventricular failure secondary to
pulmonary hypertension.
o The most common cause of right-sided heart failure is: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSPulmonary hypertension.
o Hypertension has its most immediate effect on: - CORRECT-ANSWERSAfterload.
o In the healthy heart, the response to an increase in preload is for the stroke volume to -
CORRECT-ANSWERSIncrease
o Which of the following conditions can decrease preload? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSHemorrhage.
o The patient with aortic stenosis would most likely present with: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSMid-systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur.
o A patient with mitral regurgitation would most likely present with - CORRECT-
ANSWERSa blowing, holosystolic murmur / blowing pansystolic murmur best heard at
the hearts apex and radiates to the back and axilla
o A patient with mitral stenosis would most likely present with: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSRumbling, decrescendo diastolic murmur heard at apex of the heart.
o The patient with aortic regurgitation would most likely present with: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSAn early, high-pitched diastolic murmur heard at the left lower sternal border
o A diastolic rumbling murmur heart at the apex of the heart
o A systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur heart at the left upper sternal border
