CCI ECHO EXAM 200+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(VERIFIED ANSWERS)|AGRADE

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