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| Sample Echo Cardiography Exam Question | |
| (15 points) A 7 year old CM DSH presents for evaluation of a cardiac murmur. The cat is asymptomatic for cardiac disease. A Grade IV/VI systolic murmur is ausculted at the left apex and over the sternum. Pulse strength is normal, as are breath sounds. An M-mode echocardiographic image is obtained below. |
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Questions
1. From which transducer locations could this image be obtained? (2 points) |
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2. What view is this? (Where is he cursor placed during 2D imaging?) (2 points) |
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| 3. The structure marked by the arrowhead is (3 pts) |
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4. The long arrow is showing (2 pts) |
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| 5. The structure marked by the short arrow is (2 pts) |
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6. Given the structural abnormalities present in the cat’s heart, list a plausible diagnosis (3 pts) |
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| 7. Is the cat in congestive heart failure? (1 pt) Y N |
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