ARDMS Adult Echo Board Prep
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Dilated CMO Finding on M-Mode: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B-Notch
(= due to increased LVEDP)
2D of post-cardiac transplant will show: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔enlarged LA and RA
HCM EF: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔70-80%
Hemochromatosis (restrictive CMO) is excessive: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔iron
A CMO is a disease that affects what layer of the heart: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔myocardium
HCMO has what kind of gradient: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔late peaking systolic gradient
Dilated CMO symptoms: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔dyspnea
syncope
tachycardia
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,(NOT migraine headaches)
Moderate AS (what exceeds what): - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔LV systolic pressure exceeds
AO
Raphe is seen with: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BAV
Raphe definition: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a fused commissure line between 2 or 3 aortic
leaflets in a typical BAV.
usually 86% are between the right and left AO leaflets
Severe TR results in: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔dilated IVC
RVVO
systolic murmur
(NOT PHTN)
MR in patients with rheumatic MS is due to: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔LAE
(bc annulus stretches)
MS complications: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔possible PHTN
increased LAP
scarring of MV apparatus
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,(NOT dilated LV)
A common method for calculating MVA: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔doppler PHT
A pt has RVSP of 60 mmHg. One year later the RVSP is 30 mmHg. What
happened to this patient? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RV infarction
Valve lesion with the highest Doppler peak velocity: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔MR
(usually 4-5 m/sec)
What is NOT an Ischemic Heart Disease risk factor:
sex (gender)
PHTN
age
systemic HTN
smoking - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔PHTN
What is NOT an epicardial fat association:
associated with CAD
a measure of visceral fat
posterior echo-free space
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, anterior echo-free space - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔posterior echo-free space
a small pericardial effusion: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔less than 1 cm posteriorly only
cardiac tamponade causes: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔restrictive diastolic filling
LA thrombus seen in pts w/: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔MS (especially LAA)
stress echo captures: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔REST & IMPOST
Inferior MI: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔papillary muscle rupture
Coronary artery that supplies IAS: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RCA
Systolic murmur after MI: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔VSD
A pt w/ myocarditis will have: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ventricular dysfunction
percent stenosis considered significant CAD: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔70%
What is NOT an Infiltrative CMO:
Hemochromatosis
Carcinoid
sarcoidosis
amyloidosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔carcinoid
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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Dilated CMO Finding on M-Mode: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B-Notch
(= due to increased LVEDP)
2D of post-cardiac transplant will show: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔enlarged LA and RA
HCM EF: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔70-80%
Hemochromatosis (restrictive CMO) is excessive: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔iron
A CMO is a disease that affects what layer of the heart: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔myocardium
HCMO has what kind of gradient: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔late peaking systolic gradient
Dilated CMO symptoms: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔dyspnea
syncope
tachycardia
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,(NOT migraine headaches)
Moderate AS (what exceeds what): - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔LV systolic pressure exceeds
AO
Raphe is seen with: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BAV
Raphe definition: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a fused commissure line between 2 or 3 aortic
leaflets in a typical BAV.
usually 86% are between the right and left AO leaflets
Severe TR results in: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔dilated IVC
RVVO
systolic murmur
(NOT PHTN)
MR in patients with rheumatic MS is due to: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔LAE
(bc annulus stretches)
MS complications: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔possible PHTN
increased LAP
scarring of MV apparatus
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,(NOT dilated LV)
A common method for calculating MVA: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔doppler PHT
A pt has RVSP of 60 mmHg. One year later the RVSP is 30 mmHg. What
happened to this patient? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RV infarction
Valve lesion with the highest Doppler peak velocity: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔MR
(usually 4-5 m/sec)
What is NOT an Ischemic Heart Disease risk factor:
sex (gender)
PHTN
age
systemic HTN
smoking - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔PHTN
What is NOT an epicardial fat association:
associated with CAD
a measure of visceral fat
posterior echo-free space
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, anterior echo-free space - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔posterior echo-free space
a small pericardial effusion: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔less than 1 cm posteriorly only
cardiac tamponade causes: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔restrictive diastolic filling
LA thrombus seen in pts w/: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔MS (especially LAA)
stress echo captures: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔REST & IMPOST
Inferior MI: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔papillary muscle rupture
Coronary artery that supplies IAS: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RCA
Systolic murmur after MI: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔VSD
A pt w/ myocarditis will have: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ventricular dysfunction
percent stenosis considered significant CAD: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔70%
What is NOT an Infiltrative CMO:
Hemochromatosis
Carcinoid
sarcoidosis
amyloidosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔carcinoid
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