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LA myxomas are usually attached where?
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Interatrial septum
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What is the breath compression ration for single rescuer?
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2/30 or 2/15
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Name the three layers of the pericardium:
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Fibrous pericardium - thick outer sack
Serous parietal - bound to fibrous pericardium smooth, "the wall of a cavity"
Serous visceral -bound to epicardium smooth, " toward the organ",
Note: pericrdial fluid is found between the two serous layers
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LV mass (weight) remains normal in chronic:
A) aortic regurgitation
B) aortic stenosis
C) mitral regurgitation
D) mitral stenosis
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Mitral stenosis
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What is the primary effect of long-standing aortic regurgitation?
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Decreased ejection fraction
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Which of the following syndromes fits with AR, Ao dilatation, Ao dissections, & Ao aneurysms?
A) Dressler
B) Barlow
C) Marfan
D) Noonans
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Marfan
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Why follow chronic AI patients?
A) check left atrial size
B) check left ventricular size
C) check for pulmonary HTN
D) look for mitral preclosure
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Check for left ventricular size
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Systolic reversal of flow is also called?
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Retrograde
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Lambl's Excrescences are sometimes listed as potential answer, what are they?
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They are filiform strands (fronds) that form on the edges of valve leaflets
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What causes pericardial knock?
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Abrupt cessation of early diastolic inflow (classic in constrictive pericarditis) similar in timing to a very loud S3
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What accompanies bicuspid aortic valve?
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Coarctation of the aorta ( 50 % of coarcts have a bicuspid valve)
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When is the mitral pressure half-time NOT accurate?
A) mild AR
B) mild MR
C) post valvuloplasty
D) moderate MR
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Post valvuloplasty
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Given TR and the RA pressure what can you calculate?
A) right ventricular diastolic pressure
B) left ventriculr end diastolic pressure
C) left ventricular systolic pressure
D) right ventricular systolic pressure
E) right atrial pressure
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Right ventricular systolic pressure
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Shown a LAX view, dilated LV, thin septum. What is probably going on with this patient?
A) severe aortic stenosis
B) severe ststemic hypertension
C) hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
D) severe mitral regurgitation
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Severe mitral regurgitation
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What is the best way to determine the severity of mitral regurgitation?
A) pulmonary venous flow
B) size of color Doppler jet
C) size of vena contracta
D) MV inflow velocity
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Pulmonary venous flow
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