Pericardial Diseases
Pericardial Diseases Alaa Mabrouk Omar Partho P. Sengupta 1. According to the 2003 task force of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the American…
Systemic Disease
Systemic Disease Imran Shafi Syed Charles James Bruce Heidi M. Connolly 1. A 56-year-old homeless man with a body mass index of 17 kg/m2 and recently diagnosed cardiomyopathy undergoes echocardiography….
Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Transplantation
Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Transplantation Jessica Lambert Brown Ambar Afshar Andrade Raymond F. Stainback 1. Which of the following are considered important aspects of the preoperative transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)…
Cardiomyopathies
Cardiomyopathies Jorge Betancor Craig R. Asher 1. Which statement regarding idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is correct? A. Segmental wall motion abnormalities are uncommon. B. Right atrial (RA) and right ventricular (RV)…
Interventional Echocardiography
Interventional Echocardiography Rebecca T. Hahn 1. Which of the following are predictors of significant paravalvular regurgitation following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)? A. Implantation depth. B. Valve undersizing. C. Agatston…
Endocarditis
Endocarditis Ying Tung Sia Guillaume Marquis Gravel Kwan Leung Chan 1. Echocardiography plays a central role in evaluating patients with a clinical suspicion of infective endocarditis (IE). In patients with…
Prosthetic Valves
Prosthetic Valves Linda D. Gillam Konstantinos P. Koulogiannis Leo Marcoff 1. A diagnosis of patient prosthesis mismatch is made in a 32-year-old woman with prior aortic valve replacement for a…
Pulmonic and Tricuspid Valvular Disease
Pulmonic and Tricuspid Valvular Disease Roger Byrne Brian P. Griffin 1. In which of the following clinical scenarios is transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) usually indicated in addition to transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)…
Mitral Valvular Disease
Mitral Valvular Disease Sorin V. Pislaru Maurice Enriquez-Sarano 1. Which of the following echocardiographic findings are important in predicting the outcome of mitral balloon valvuloplasty? A. Presence of significant valvular…
Aortic Valve Disease
Aortic Valve Disease Marie-Annick Clavel Sorin V. Pislaru Maurice Enriquez-Sarano Philippe Pibarot 1. A 72-year-old man is referred for a cardiology evaluation after his primary care physician noted the presence…
