ABCP Perfusion Basic Science Exam Questions
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The most common type of anomalous venous return
is:
a. supracardiac
b. cardiac
c. infracardiac
d. cardiac
a
A Pott's operation is an anastomosis of the:
a. ascending aorta to the left pulmonary artery
b. descending aorta to the pulmonary artery branch
c. subclavian artery to the pulmonary artery branch
d. ascending aorta to the subclavian artery
a
The basic hemodynamic fault in a patent ductus
arteriosus is a ____ -to- _____ shunt at the pulmonary
artery level
a. right, left
b. left, right
c. superior, inferior
d. inferior, superior
b
Which of the following statements is not true if
viewing the heart through a median sternotomy?
a. the right atrioventricular sulcus may bee seen
,b. the left atrium is predominant
c. the apex point anteriorly
d. the inter ventricular sulcus may be visualized
b
The posterior hepatic vein connects to the
a. inferior vena cava
b. hemiazygous system
c. azygous system
d. accessory-azygous system
a
What is the most common type of valvular defect?
a. AI
b. AS
c. MI
d. MS
d
Which of the following is not evident in Tetralogy of
Fallot?
a. VSD
b. pulmonary stenosis
c. ASD
d. overriding aorta
e. RV hypertrophy
c
Of the following arteries, which is most superior?
a. Celiac
,b. Mesenteric
c. Renal
d. Iliac
a
Where is the most common site for a coarctation of
the aorta?
a. ascending aorta distal to the coronary ostia
b. transverse aorta between the innominate and the
carotid arteries
c. descending aorta distal to the subclavian artery
d. ascending aorta proximal to the innominate artery
c
Closure of the small valve that overlies the foramen
ovale in the ____ (A-atrial, V-ventricular) septum is
associated with _____ (D-decreased, I-increased) right
chamber pressure
a. A, D
b. A, I
c. V, D
d. V, I
a
Which of the following is not true?
a. sinusoids are a type of capillary
b. the intimal of veins and arteries is continuous with
the capillary endothelium
c. the opening of a precapillary sphincter will force
blood to flow through arteriovenous shunts
, d. the vaso-vasorum is the blood supply for the tunica
adventitia of veins and arteries
c
Which of the following statements is true?
a. the SA nodal branch of the RCA is almost always
responsible for the blood supply to the SA node
b. the major blood supply of the septum is the
circumflex artery
c. cardiac venous blood drains either into the
coronary sinus or directly into the right atrium
d. metarterioles and arteriovenous anastomoses both
circumvent the capillary beds
c
Which of the following arteries would be found in the
posterior interventricular sulcus?
a. posterior descending artery
b. left circumflex
c. acute marginal branch
d. distal portion the obtuse marginal branch
a
Pick the most correct statement:
a. the Rastelli procedure is a cath lab technique in
which a balloon catheter is used to enlarge or create
an ASD
b. the Fontan operation facilitates complete correction
of tricuspid atresia by placement of a tube graft
conduit between the right ventricle and the pulmonary
with 100% Correct Answers Latest Versions
The most common type of anomalous venous return
is:
a. supracardiac
b. cardiac
c. infracardiac
d. cardiac
a
A Pott's operation is an anastomosis of the:
a. ascending aorta to the left pulmonary artery
b. descending aorta to the pulmonary artery branch
c. subclavian artery to the pulmonary artery branch
d. ascending aorta to the subclavian artery
a
The basic hemodynamic fault in a patent ductus
arteriosus is a ____ -to- _____ shunt at the pulmonary
artery level
a. right, left
b. left, right
c. superior, inferior
d. inferior, superior
b
Which of the following statements is not true if
viewing the heart through a median sternotomy?
a. the right atrioventricular sulcus may bee seen
,b. the left atrium is predominant
c. the apex point anteriorly
d. the inter ventricular sulcus may be visualized
b
The posterior hepatic vein connects to the
a. inferior vena cava
b. hemiazygous system
c. azygous system
d. accessory-azygous system
a
What is the most common type of valvular defect?
a. AI
b. AS
c. MI
d. MS
d
Which of the following is not evident in Tetralogy of
Fallot?
a. VSD
b. pulmonary stenosis
c. ASD
d. overriding aorta
e. RV hypertrophy
c
Of the following arteries, which is most superior?
a. Celiac
,b. Mesenteric
c. Renal
d. Iliac
a
Where is the most common site for a coarctation of
the aorta?
a. ascending aorta distal to the coronary ostia
b. transverse aorta between the innominate and the
carotid arteries
c. descending aorta distal to the subclavian artery
d. ascending aorta proximal to the innominate artery
c
Closure of the small valve that overlies the foramen
ovale in the ____ (A-atrial, V-ventricular) septum is
associated with _____ (D-decreased, I-increased) right
chamber pressure
a. A, D
b. A, I
c. V, D
d. V, I
a
Which of the following is not true?
a. sinusoids are a type of capillary
b. the intimal of veins and arteries is continuous with
the capillary endothelium
c. the opening of a precapillary sphincter will force
blood to flow through arteriovenous shunts
, d. the vaso-vasorum is the blood supply for the tunica
adventitia of veins and arteries
c
Which of the following statements is true?
a. the SA nodal branch of the RCA is almost always
responsible for the blood supply to the SA node
b. the major blood supply of the septum is the
circumflex artery
c. cardiac venous blood drains either into the
coronary sinus or directly into the right atrium
d. metarterioles and arteriovenous anastomoses both
circumvent the capillary beds
c
Which of the following arteries would be found in the
posterior interventricular sulcus?
a. posterior descending artery
b. left circumflex
c. acute marginal branch
d. distal portion the obtuse marginal branch
a
Pick the most correct statement:
a. the Rastelli procedure is a cath lab technique in
which a balloon catheter is used to enlarge or create
an ASD
b. the Fontan operation facilitates complete correction
of tricuspid atresia by placement of a tube graft
conduit between the right ventricle and the pulmonary
