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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the normal pressure values in the five chambers of the heart?
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Right Atrium = 6
Left Atrium = 10 Right ventricle = 25/5 Left ventricle = 25/10 Aortic = 120/80 Pulmonic = 25/10 |
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What is the normal cardiac output?
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4-8 liters/min
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What is the hemodynamic even following the R-Wave on ECG?
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IVCT
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What is the hemodynamic event follwing the T-wave on ECG?
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IVRT
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How do you differentiate between Pericardial effusion and pleural effusion?
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Pericardial is above the DTA, Pleural is below
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Name the wall segments supplied by LAD
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Anterior wall
Anterior septum Apex |
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Name the wall segments supplied by circumflex
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Lateral wall
Posterior wall |
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Name the wall segments supplied by RCA and PDA
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Inferior wall
Inferior septum Right apex Right free wall |
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Normal ACS measurement
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1.5 to 2.6 cm
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Normal Aortic root to Left Atrium ratio
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.87 to 1.1
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Normal epss measurement
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.2 to .7 cm
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Normal E-F slope measurment
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7 to 15 cm/sec
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What cusps are seen for the aorta in plax?
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RCC and NCC
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How many heart valves in the heart?
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FOUR
2 - AV valves 2 - Semilunar |
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What is the importance of learning ALL wall motion segements of LV?
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To pinpoint CAD
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When measuring certain part of the heart on M-mode and unable to obtain true views with Plax, what other views can you try?
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Short access papillary level
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Does respiration sometimes play a role when obtaining a view (ex PLAX)
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Yes, the shadow of the lungs might obsure the true image during inspiration or expiration
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As a sonographer, are we able to control the shadows from the lungs by respiration?
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Yes, we can ask the patient to control their breathing pattern (slower, holding breathe etc)
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