Echocardiography Board Review

Multiple Choice Question-and-Answer Book for Echocardiographers of All Levels—3rd Edition Updated to Include 100 New Questions Echocardiography Board Review, Third Edition is written in a unique question-and-answer format. Each question contains four potential answers related to the field of echocardiography — only one of which is correct. The discussion following each question contains specific rationale explaining the correct answer, along with additional information pertaining to the topic so that key concepts are clearly understood by the reader. The questions address many areas of echocardiography, including applied ultrasound physics, practical hydrodynamics, imaging techniques, valvular heart disease, myocardial diseases, congenital heart disease, noninvasive hemodynamics, surgical echocardiography, and more. Rather than being a replacement for a standard echocardiography textbook, Echocardiography Board Review is designed to complement the textbook by bringing out salient concepts in a clear fashion. Features of the work include: Various echocardiographic techniques, applications, and the disease processes that they address Aspects of echocardiography that are likely to appear in echocardiography certifying examinations such as the National Board of Echocardiography for Cardiologists Applied physics and discussion of various technical or hemodynamic considerations 100 new multiple-choice questions (MCQs), bringing the grand total to 600+ MCQs divided into 30 chapters Echocardiography Board Review, Third Edition is a helpful resource for those involved in the field of echocardiography who wish to become better practitioners through an active form of learning. Additionally, the work serves as a useful complementary asset in preparing for various certifying examinations related to the field of echocardiography.

Preface ix Chapter 1 1 Questions 1-20 1 Answers 1-20 4 Chapter 2 7 Questions 1-20 7 Answers 1-20 10 Chapter 3 13 Questions 1-20 13 Answers 1-20 16 Chapter 4 19 Questions 1-20 19 Answers 1-20 23 Chapter 5 27 Questions 1-20 27 Answers 1-20 30 Chapter 6 33 Questions 1-20 33 Answers 1-20 37 Chapter 7 41 Questions 1-20 41 Answers 1-20 44 Chapter 8 47 Questions 1-20 47 Answers 1-20 50 Chapter 9 53 Questions 1-20 53 Answers 1-20 56 Chapter 10 59 Questions 1-20 59 Answers 1-20 62 Chapter 11 65 Questions 1-20 65 Answers 1-20 68 Chapter 12 71 Questions 1-20 71 Answers 1-20 80 Chapter 13 83 Questions 1-20 83 Answers 1-20 93 Chapter 14 97 Questions 1-20 97 Answers 1-20 108 Chapter 15 111 Questions 1-20 111 Answers 1-20 122 Chapter 16 125 Questions 1-20 125 Answers 1-20 136 Chapter 17 141 Questions 1-20 141 Answers 1-20 152 Chapter 18 155 Questions 1-20 155 Answers 1-20 166 Chapter 19 171 Questions 1-20 171 Answers 1-20 183 Chapter 20 187 Questions 1-20 187 Answers 1-20 198 Chapter 21 203 Questions 1-20 203 Answers 1-20 212 Chapter 22 217 Questions 1-20 217 Answers 1-20 228 Chapter 23 231 Questions 1-20 231 Answers 1-20 241 Chapter 24 243 Questions 1-20 243 Answers 1-20 254 Chapter 25 257 Questions 1-20 257 Answers 1-20 268 Chapter 26 271 Questions 1-30 271 Answers 1-30 284 Chapter 27 293 Questions 1-34 293 Answers 1-34 303