Chapter 4
Questions
- 61. Volumetric flow rate decreases with an increase in:
- A. Pressure difference
- B. Vessel radius
- C. Vessel length
- D. Blood viscosity
- E. Vessel length and blood viscosity
- A. Pressure difference
- 62. Which of the following on a color Doppler display is represented in real time?
- A. Gray-scale anatomy
- B. Flow direction
- C. Doppler spectrum
- D. Gray-scale anatomy and flow direction
- F. All of the above
- A. Gray-scale anatomy
- 63. Approximately how many pulses are required to obtain one line of color Doppler information?
- A. 1
- B. 100
- C. 10
- D. 10 000
- A. 1
- 64. Multiple focuses are not used in color Doppler imaging because:
- A. It would not improve the image
- B. Doppler transducers cannot focus
- C. Frame rates would be too low
- D. None of the above
- A. It would not improve the image
- 65. Widening the color box on the display will _________ the frame rate.
- A. Increase
- B. No change
- C. Decrease
- D. Cannot be determined
- A. Increase
- 66. The simplified Bernoulli equation is inapplicable under the following circumstances:
- A. Serial stenotic lesions
- B. Long, tubular lesions
- C. Both
- D. None of the above
- 67. The Bernoulli equation is an example of:
- A. Law of conservation of mass
- B. Law of conservation of energy
- C. Law of conservation of momentum
- D. None of the above
- 68. The continuity equation is an example of:
- A. Law of conservation of mass
- B. Law of conservation of energy
- C. Law of conservation of momentum
- D. None of the above
- 69. Effective regurgitant orifice area by the proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) method is an example of:
- A. Law of conservation of mass
- B. Law of conservation of energy
- C. Law of conservation of momentum
- D. None of the above
- 70. Doppler calculation of aortic valve area is an example of:
- A. Law of conservation of mass
- B. Law of conservation of energy
- C. Law of conservation of momentum
- D. None of the above
- 71. Calculation of right ventricular systolic pressure from the tricuspid regurgitation velocity signal is an example of:
- A. Law of conservation of mass
- B. Law of conservation of energy
- C. Law of conservation of momentum
- D. None of the above
- 72. Color flow jet area of mitral regurgitation depends upon:
- A. Amount of regurgitation alone
- B. Driving pressure and the regurgitant volume
- C. Presence of aortic regurgitation
- D. Degree of mitral stenosis
- 73. Factors influencing mitral regurgitation jet volume also include:
- A. Proximity of left atrial wall
- B. Heart rate
- C. Gain setting
- D. Filter setting
- E. Left atrial size
- F. All of the above
- 74. Amount of mitral regurgitation depends upon:
- A. Regurgitant orifice size
- B. Driving pressure
- C. Duration of systole
- D. All of the above
- 75. Hemodynamic impact of a given volumetric severity of mitral regurgitation (MR) is increased by:
- A. Nondilated left atrium
- B. Left ventricular hypertrophy
- C. Presence of concomitant aortic regurgitation
- D. All of the above
- E. None of the above
- 76. Which feature is consistent with severe mitral regurgitation:
- A. Jet size to left atrial area ratio of 0.5
- B. The PISA radius of 1.2 cm at an aliasing velocity of 50 cm/s
- C. Effective regurgitant orifice area of 0.7 cm2
- D. All of the above
- E. None of the above
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