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In endocarditis the vegetations usually attach on:
a. The flow side of the valve
b. Only one leaflet
c. Abnormal leaflets only
d. The down-stream side of the valve
a
Patients with Marfan syndrome often die from:
a. Aortic dissection
b. Endocarditis
c. Mitral valve prolapse
d. Aortic regurgitation
a
All of the following statements regarding echocardiography in patients with infective endocarditis are true except:
a. Pre-existing valve disease may obscure presence of a vegetation
b. Vegetations as small as 3 mm can be recognized
c. It is easy to distinguish between new and healed vegetations
d. Vegetations usually appear on the flow side of valve leaflets
c
All of the following are etiologies for valvular endocarditis except:
a. Post cardiac surgery
b. Pulmonary hypertension
c. Iv drug abuse
d. Marantic
b
An M-mode of a mitral heterograft valve resembles an M-mode of which valve?
a.Mitral
b. Pulmonic
c. Aortic
d. Tricuspid
c
If a patient has Starr-Edwards valve in both the mitral and aortic positions, mitral regurgitation might be best detected from which window?
a. Subcostal
b. Left parasternal
c. Apical
d. Suprasternal
a
All of the following will cause aortic dilatation EXCEPT
a. Marfan's Syndrome
b. Systemic hypertension
c. Type I dissection
d. Pulmonary hypertension
d
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