Endocarditis, Prothetic Valve, Aorta
Echo
- 1.The normal PHT for a mitral prothetic valve is:
- A.
8 mmHg
- B.
1-3 m/sec
- C.
>280 msec
- D.
- 2.Coarctation of the aorta most often occurs at the?
- A.
Aortic isthmus
- B.
Thoracic aorta
- C.
Ascending aorta
- D.
Aortic sinuses
- 3.Patients with Marfan syndrome will exhibit all of the following except:
- A.
AR
- B.
MVP
- C.
Aortic dilation
- D.
LVH
- 4.All of the following are examples of mechanical cardiac valves except:
- A.
Bjork-Shiley tilting disk
- B.
St. Jude bi leaflet
- C.
Hancock
- D.
Starr-Edwards ball valve
- 5.If the patients pulmonic valve, annulus and trunk are excised and relocated to the aortic position, what type of valve do they have?
- A.
Autograft
- B.
Heterograft
- C.
Mechanical
- D.
Homograft
- 6.Prosthetic cardiac valves are classified as:
- A.
Bioprothetic and pericardial
- B.
Mechanical and bioprosthetic
- C.
Mechanical and pericardial
- D.
Mechanical and bileaflet
- 7.All of the following are examples of bioprosthetic cardiac valves except:
- A.
Starr-edwards ball valve
- B.
Lonescu-Shiley bovine pericardial
- C.
Hancock
- D.
Carpentier-Edwards
- 8.In endocarditis the vegetations usually attach on:
- A.
The flow side of the valve
- B.
Abnormal leaflets only
- C.
Only one leaflet
- D.
The down-stream side of a valve
- 9.Echo findings in endocarditis include:
- A.
Positive blood cultures
- B.
Shaggy appearance on M-mode
- C.
Aortic dissection
- D.
Pulmonary hypertension
- 10.When red blood cells become damaged as they pass through a mechanical prosthetic valve the patient is said to have:
- A.
Jaundice
- B.
Cirrhosis
- C.
Thrombocytopenia
- D.
Hemolysis
- 11.High risk patients for infective endocarditis include all of the following except:
- A.
Previous history of endocarditis
- B.
Coronary artery disease
- C.
Prothetic aortic valve
- D.
Prothetic mitral valve
- 12.High frequency systolic vibrations on the aortic valve M-mode is consistent with:
- A.
Normal findings
- B.
Aortic stenosis
- C.
Low cardiac output
- D.
Aortic regurgitation
- 13.If a patient has a porcine MV, all of the following should be ruled out during an echo except:
- A.
Thrombus formation
- B.
Ring abscess
- C.
Valve dehiscence
- D.
Carcinoid heart disease
- 14.Which is an example of a mechanical cardiac valve?
- A.
St. Jude bi-leaflet
- B.
Hancock
- C.
Carpentier-Edwards
- D.
Lonescu-Shiley bovine pericardial
- 15.Echo finding in endocarditis often include all of the following except:
- A.
Shaggy appearance of valve
- B.
Eisenmenger syndrome
- C.
Pericardial effusion
- D.
Increased echos
- 16.All of the following are different types of endocarditis except:
- A.
Dressler’s
- B.
Marantic
- C.
Eosinophlic
- D.
Libman-Sachs
- 17.When using Doppler to interrogate a Starr-Edwards mitral valve which window would you use?
- A.
Parasteral
- B.
Suprasternal
- C.
Subcostal
- D.
Apical
- 18.Low risk patients for infective endocarditis include those with:
- A.
Previous history of endocarditis
- B.
Prothetic MV
- C.
Intravenous drug abuse
- D.
CAD
- 19.What is a common symptom of a patient with endocarditis?
- A.
Fever
- B.
Positional chest pain
- C.
Ripping chest pain
- D.
Aortic stenosis murmur
- 20.Patients with lupus will sometimes get what type of endocarditis?
- A.
Eosinophilic
- B.
Marantic
- C.
Libman-Sachs
- D.
Staph aureus
- 21.The degree of prothetic valce stenosis depends on all of the following except:
- A.
Presence of regurg
- B.
Valve type
- C.
Valve size
- D.
Degree of pannus growth
- 22.Patients with which of the following are at increased risk for endocarditis?
- A.
Renal artery stenosis
- B.
Prothetic valves
- C.
Poor dental work
- D.
CAD
- 23.You are in the emergency department and a patient presents with the signs and symtoms of aortic dissection. Which modality would give you the most rapid diagnosis?
- A.
Chest CT
- B.
X-ray
- C.
TEE
- D.
MRI
- 24.Patients with endocarditis may present with all of the following symptoms except:
- A.
Angina
- B.
Night sweats
- C.
Fever
- D.
New murmur
- 25.The majority of organisms attach to the ____ side of the atrioventricular valves:
- A.
Downstream
- B.
Ventricular
- C.
Atrial
- D.
Epicardial
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