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CCI ECHO BOARD EXAM REVIEW 2025 - 2026 PREP
- AR WAVE FORM aortic regurg
- AS WAVE FORM aortic stenosis
- MS WAVE FORM mitral stenosis?
- MR WAVE FORM Mitral Regurg
- TR WAVE FORM Tricupsid regurg
- TS WAVE FORM Tricupsid Stenosis
CCI ECHO BOARD EXAM REVIEW 2025 - 2026 PREP
- PS WAVE FORM Pulmonary stenosis
- PR WAVE FORM Pulmonary Regurg
- Which valve separates the greatest pressure difference?
- Which wall is closest to LV side of A4c
- Which wall is closest to LV side of A2c
Mitral valve
Anteriolateral
Anterior wall
CCI ECHO BOARD EXAM REVIEW 2025 - 2026 PREP
- Which aortic leaflet is the superior one in the parasternal long axis view?
Right leaflet
- The coronary arteries come off of the Sinuses of Valsalva
- When does the coronary arteries fill? Early diastole
- To visualize the coronary sinus in the apical 4 chamber view, you should tilt the transducer?
posterior
- What is the purpose of global longitu- quantify the change in shape or deformation of dinal strain?
- What are the vessels that branch off of the aortic arch, most proximal and distal?
- What cardiac pathology is associated with bicuspid aortic valves?
cardiac tissues (shortening and thickening)
Innominate branch (proximal), left carotid (mid) and left subclavian (distal
Coartation of aorta
- Where do most aortic coarctations oc- Aortic isthmus cur?
- On QRS complex Isovolumic contrac- tion occurs when?
After R wave
- On the QRS complex Isovolumic relax- After T wave ation occurs when?
- First third of diastole
CCI ECHO BOARD EXAM REVIEW 2025 - 2026 PREP
The majority of ventricular filling oc- curs during?
- How would you determine if a patient MV inflow with respiration variation has constrictive VS restrictive disease?
- In constrictive pericarditis does the E wave increase or decrease with inspi- ration?
Decrease
- The term akinesis refers to? The absence of movement
- The term dyskinesis refers to? Abnormal movement
- The term hypokenesis refers to? Decreased left ventricular range of motion
- What is used to increase hr in stress Atropine
- what happens with rapid accumula- tion of fluid in pericardial sac?
- What cardiac pathology is associated with bicuspid aortic valves?
- Which window do you use to look for the secondary finding in bicuspid valves?
Tamponade
Coarctation of the aorta
Suprasternal arch; suprasternal notch
- Where do most aortic coarctations oc- aortic isthmus cur?
- Which papillary muscle is shown near Posterior medial yellow box?
what could get rid of noise around the baseline in spectral Doppler?
- what is shown in a spectral analysis on X axis shows time, y axis shows velocity the X axis and Y axis?
- if during a dobutamine stress test the patient does NOT reach target HR what other medicine do u use?
- What percentage of target HR used for stress test?
Atropine
- if a person going through chemother- EF & Strain apy what things would you measure/ look for
- What is period related to? Time
- Which part of pulmonary venous paw A wave Doppler is associated with atrial sys- tole
- Where is the Chiari Network located? right atrium
- What part of the QRS Complex is the p wave
- What is a common echo finding for preload?
- On the QRS complex the P-R interval represents what?
Atrial systole
Dilation
Atrial to ventricular depolarization
- Inhalation of amyl nitrite causes? decreased afterload
- Where is the O2 saturation the low- est?
coronary sinus
- Murmur associated with MS Opening snap with diastolic rumble
- What anomaly goes with aortic dis- section
- What part of this mitral regurgitation jet is the arrow pointing to?
- Flow reversal is the hepatic vein indi- cates?
Marfan syndrome
Vena contracta
Severe Tricuspid regurg
- Systolic flow reversal of bubbles in the Tricuspid regurg IVC usually indicates what?
- What does dP/dT measure? Calculate the rate of rise in LV pressure
- What congenital connective tissue disease usually causes aortic dilation & mvp
- Patients with a history of IV drug abuse may have?
Marfans
Tricuspid endocarditis
- Friction rub
- Respiratory variation
- Features of dilated CM bbump on mmode, double diamond mmode, pul- sus alternans
- Features of Restricive CM amylodisis, ventricular hypertrophy, ground glass appearance
- features of ischemic DCM myocaridal scarring, thin walls, papillary muscle rupture
- features of pericardiditis thick pericardium, early diastolic notching of ivs, septal bounce w/inspiration
- features of tamponade RV diastolic collapse, dilated IVC, Mv and AV de- crease w/ inspiration
- features of pulmonary htn absent A wave on mmode, flying W, D shaped ventricle, RV dilation
- Qp/Qs < 1 left to right
- vsd shunt yellow/green/red yellow:infrcristal green: supracristal red: perimem- branous
- what is an austin murmur associated with?
severe aortic regurg
- aortic dissection on tee ao dissection on tee
- what is best view on emphysema pa- tient
subcostal
- McConell's Sign RV dilation and fee wall hypokinesia with sparing of apex on Echo
- which two factors effect frame rate and spatial resolution
decreasing factor width and depth
- aortic coartation aortic coartation
- which disease is most commonly as- sociated with coartation of aorta
bicuspid
- retrograde flow in descending aorta retrograde flow in descending aorta = sever ao regurg
- what is pericarditis inflammation of the pericardium
- Pulmonary hypertension cause right sided heart failure
- ekg systole
