In endocarditis the vegetations usually attach on:

a. The flow side of the valve

b. Only one leaflet

c. Abnormal leaflets only

d. The down-stream side of the valve

a

Patients with Marfan syndrome often die from:

a. Aortic dissection

b. Endocarditis

c. Mitral valve prolapse

d. Aortic regurgitation

a

All of the following statements regarding echocardiography in patients with infective endocarditis are true except:

a. Pre-existing valve disease may obscure presence of a vegetation

b. Vegetations as small as 3 mm can be recognized

c. It is easy to distinguish between new and healed vegetations

d. Vegetations usually appear on the flow side of valve leaflets

c

All of the following are etiologies for valvular endocarditis except:

a. Post cardiac surgery

b. Pulmonary hypertension

c. Iv drug abuse

d. Marantic

b

An M-mode of a mitral heterograft valve resembles an M-mode of which valve?

a.Mitral

b. Pulmonic

c. Aortic

d. Tricuspid

c

If a patient has Starr-Edwards valve in both the mitral and aortic positions, mitral regurgitation might be best detected from which window?

a. Subcostal

b. Left parasternal

c. Apical

d. Suprasternal

a

All of the following will cause aortic dilatation EXCEPT

a. Marfan's Syndrome

b. Systemic hypertension

c. Type I dissection

d. Pulmonary hypertension

d