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20 Cards in this Set
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How should the US beam be oriented to get detection of flow?
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Parallel
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What does it mean if you see a mixture of bright colors on US?
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regurgitation and turbulent blood flow
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What position is the patient in for a doppler on blood flow?
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left lateral recumbancy
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What position is the patient in for a measurements of the heart?
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Right lateral recumbancy
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What is the color of the blood coming toward you?
What is the color of the blood away from you? |
Red
Blue |
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Where do you start your measurement of the heart?
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cardiac arch (palpate the heart beat and put the probe there
do this in longitudinal view |
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How do you get the short axis from the long axis view?
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turn the transducer
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What is the Mercedes Benz sign?
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Aortic valve
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What is the Fish mouth sign?
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Mitral valve
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What is the mushroom view?
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papillary muscles
* this is where you want to measure the size of the ventricle |
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What is the B mode used for?
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cross-sectional anatomy
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What is the M mode used for?
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measure ventricular walls
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What does doppler help you evaluate?
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blood flow through the heart and great vessels
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What abnormality will you see on ultrasound with mitral insufficiency?
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enlarged left atria
*see turbulent flow on doppler |
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What abnormalities do you see on ultra sound with heartworms?
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enlarged pulmonary artery, reversed D side and other arteries are enlarged
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What does a valentine heart signify in a cat?
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non specific cardiomyopathy
could be DCM HCM |
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What do you commonly see with dilated cardiomyopathy?
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dilated left ventricle
enlargement of the left atria |
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What abnormalities do you see with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
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increased left ventral wall thickness
enlargement of left atrium |
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What are the differential diagnoses of a globoid heart on an x ray?
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Pericardial effusion
dilated cardiomyopathy AV valve insufficiency you can differentiate by ultrasound |
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What do you see on a doppler of a vegetative endocarditis?
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thickened valves
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