AE-Adult-Echocardiography Practice Questions

A.  

Left leaflet

B.  

Posterior leaflet

C.  

Septal leaflet

D.  

D.  

A.  

Aortic dissection

B.  

Myocardial infarction

C.  

Libman-Sacks endocarditis

D.  

Pulmonary embolism

A.  

Aortic stenosis velocities will always be higher

B.  

Aortic stenosis waveforms will always be denser

C.  

Mitral regurgitation only happens in diastole

D.  

Mitral regurgitation signal will be longer

A.  

Onset of P wave

B.  

Onset of QRS complex

C.  

First frame after aortic valve closure

D.  

First frame after mitral valve closure

A.  

Parallel to the pulmonary artery

B.  

Posterior and to the right of the pulmonary artery

C.  

Anterior to both the pulmonary artery and the coronary sinus

D.  

Anterior and to the left of the pulmonary artery

A.  

Decreased color gain

B.  

Decreased color scale

C.  

Increased color sector size

D.  

Increased wall filter

A.  

3D imaging and volume calculations

B.  

Linear dimension in the anteroposterior plane

C.  

Area by planimetry, indexed to body surface area

D.  

Biplane disk summation, indexed to body surface area

A.  

Isovolumic contraction

B.  

Systolic ejection

C.  

Isovolumic relaxation

D.  

Early diastole

A.  

Aortic aneurysm

B.  

Aortic dissection

C.  

Left ventricular rupture

D.  

Ruptured papillary muscle

A.  

Mitral valve velocity time integral (VTI)

B.  

Aortic valve VTI

C.  

Tricuspid valve VTI

D.  

Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) VTI