CCI ECHO EXAM 200+ QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS(VERIFIED
ANSWERS)|AGRADE
A 52 year old women developes a murmur after a myocardial infarction. What is
the most likely etiology? – ANSWER- Ventricular septal defect VSD
Which of the following choices would not be used to correct for pulced wave
doppler aliasing? – ANSWER- Use of higher frequency probe
How do you position a patient for using a Pedoff probe along the right sternal
border? – ANSWER- Right lateral decubitus.
A patient with down syndrome is referred to your lab for an echo. Which of the
following cardiac defects would you likely find? – ANSWER- Atrioventricular
Canal defect.
During a pharmacological echo stress test using Dobutamine which drug is given if
the patient dosnt reach target heart rate? – ANSWER- Atropine
How do you position a patient for a TEE exam? – ANSWER- Left lateral decubitus
If you measure the LVOT too big how will this affect your measurement for the
aortic area? – ANSWER- Area is to large
A patient with AIDS ( acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) might present with
what type of cardiomyopathy? – ANSWER- Dilated
A 3 year old patient comes to the lab with a systolic murmur. what is the most
likely etiology? – ANSWER- Ventricular septal defect.
In a patient with COPD which frequency transducer would most likely result in the
best images? – ANSWER- 2.25MHz
Which is the best stress echo technique for revealing hibernating or stunned
myocardium? – ANSWER- Dobutamine
You are in the emergency department and a patient presents with the signs and
symptoms of aortic dissection. which modality would give you the most rapid
diagnosis? – ANSWER- TEE
which is the proper term when the pulmonic valve is removed and put in place of
the aortic valve in the same patient? – ANSWER- autograft
Know that pericarditis (pericardial Effusion) can present with positional chest pain.
- ANSWER- Hurts more in certain positions or when changing positions.
what is the 1st structure seen when imaging from the suprasternal notch? –
ANSWER- Aortic arch
which of the following drugs is used in Nuclear stress test? – ANSWER- Thallium
which of the following is the most important echo to do? – ANSWER- Murmur
Post MI
At what time during fetal growth is the heart first fully developed? – ANSWER- 40
days
on the 3oth day, the trunks normally divides. what anomaly occurs if the truncus
does not divide? – ANSWER- Truncus ateriosus
The sinus venosus forms all of the following except: – ANSWER- Pulmonary
arteries
The truncus ateriosus forms all of the following except: – ANSWER- Pulmonary
veins
what are the two right to left saints in the normal fetal circulation? – ANSWERForamen oval and ductus arteriosus
which of the following left to right shunts is the last to close in the normal post
partum period? when does it close ? – ANSWER- patent foramen ovale, closes at
the end of the first week.
in the normal fetal circulation, which of the following has the least amount of
blood flow? – ANSWER- pulmonary veins
all of the following hemodynamic events occur post delivery except: – ANSWERLeft atrial pressure decreases
The fetal ductus arteriosus closes soon after birth. what structure does it become? –
ANSWER- ligamentum arteriosum
The ductus arteriosus connects the pulmonary artery and aorta in the fetus. at what
site does the ductus attach to the aorta? – ANSWER- aortic isthmus
the following five structures are activated during a single cardiac cycle. Rank them
in the normal order of activation. – ANSWER- SA node
AV node
Bundle of His
left bundle branch
purkinje fibers
which of the following structures is the primary pacemaker of the heart? –
ANSWER- SA node
During the resting state, which of the following ions are pumped out of the cells of
the myocardium? – ANSWER- Sodium
Following electrical depolarization of the myocardial cell membrane, which ion
rushes in first, and which ion rushes in later? – ANSWER- sodium followed by
calcium
which of the following helps slow heart muscle contraction? – ANSWERpotassium
in the cardiac cell action potential, what phases are included in the absolute
refractory period? – ANSWER- phases 1 into phase 3