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During pregnancy the mother’s cardiac output increases by:
A.) 10 - 30 %
B.) 20 - 40 %
C.) 30 - 50 %
D.) 40 - 60 %
What is C - 30 - 50 %
One hemoglobin molecule combines with this many molecules of oxygen
What is 4
A dissection distal to the left subclavian artery and involves the descending aorta only is categorized as DeBakey Type:
A.) I
B.) II
C.) III
D.) IV
What is C.) Type III
The organ that produces alpha-1 antitrypsin
A.) Liver
B.) Hypothalamus
C.) Lungs
D Pancreas
What is A.) Liver
This law states that the heart’s stroke volume increases in response to an increase in the volume of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole.
What is Frank- Starlings Law
The pregnant patient should be placed in this position:
A.) Lt lateral tilt
B.) Trendelenburg
C.) Rt lateral tilt
D.) Reverse Trendelenburg
What is A.) Lt lateral tilt
60% of all leukocytes are:
A.) Granulocytes
B.) Eosinophils
C.) Monocytes
D.) Lymphocytes
What is A.) Granulocytes
Patent ductus arteriosus is a shunt:
A.) From the aorta at the left carotid to the right pulmonary artery
B.) From the aorta proximal to the innominate to the right pulmonary artery
C.) From the aorta distal to the left subclavian to the left pulmonary artery
D.) Is another name for aortapulmonary window
What is C.) From the aorta distal to the left subclavian to the left pulmonary artery
During embryological development the erm layer that gives rise to the heart
A.) Endoderm
B.) Mesoderm
C.) Ectoderm
What is B.) Mesoderm
This law states that the Solubility of a gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas above the liquid.
A.) Boyle’s Law
B.) Fick‘s Law
C.) Henry’s Law
D.) Jake’s Law
What is C.) Henry’s Law
According to literature the best time in the gestational period to have cardiac surgery is:
A.) 1st trimester
B.) 2nd trimester
C.) 3rd trimester
What is B.) 2nd trimester
The following is true regarding fibrin stabilizing factor:
A.) It is activated more when the extrinsic coagulation pathway in initiated than when the intrinsic pathway is initiated
B.) It is released from circulating platelets
C.) It is released by endothelial cells
D.) It is present in large amounts in the plasma globulins
What is B.) It is released from circulating platelets
The Janete procedure is used for:
A.) HLHS (Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome)
B.) TGA ( Transposition of the Great Arteries)
C.) TOF (Tetralogy of Fallot)
D.) ASD (Atrial Septal Defect)
E.) DORV (Double Outlet Right Ventricle)
What is B.) TGA (Transposition of the Great Arteries)
Daily Double!
The equation which is not used to calculate the area of an aortic valve
A.) Continuity equation
B.) Gorlin equation
C.) Hakki equation
D.) Bao-Johnson equation
Boyle’s Law states:
A.) That for a gas at a constant temperature, pressure and volume are proportional.
B.) That for a gas at varying temperatures, pressure and volume are inversely proportional.
C.) That for a gas at a constant pressure, temperature and volume are proportional.
D.) That for a gas at a constant temperature, pressure and volume are inversely proportional.
What is D.) That for a gas at a constant temperature, pressure and volume are inversely proportional.
Perfusion flow rates for a pregnant pt are estimated to be ideal at this cardiac index:
A.) 2.0 - 2.7
B.) 2.5 - 3.2
C.) 3.0 - 3.7
D.) 3.5 - 4.2
What is B.) 2.5 - 3.2
The following is the essential enzyme for the transport of carbon dioxide:
A.) Hemoglobin reductase
B.) Carbonic anhydrase
C.) Carbaminohemoglobin
D.) Bicarbonate
What is B.) What is Carbonic anhydrase
The Blalock-Taussig operation is:
A.) Used to treat pulmonary hypertension
B.) Considered the complete repair of TOF
C.) An anastomosis between the subclavian and the pulmonary arteries
D.) An anastomosis between the descending aorta and left pulmonary artery
What is C.) An anastomosis between the subclavian and pulmonary arteries
Protein S deficiency results in:
A.) Hypercoagulability
B.) Hypocoagulability
C.) Thrombocytosis
D.) Poikilocytosis
What is A.) Hypercoagulability
Daily Double
This Law describes the pressure drop of a fluid through a cylindrical pipe.
You should avoid giving this vasopressor on CPB with a pregnant patient:
A.) Dopamine
B.) Ephedrine
C.) Phenylephrine
What is C.) Phenylephrine
This is linked with myocardial reperfusion injury:
A.) Macrophages
B.) Basophils
C.) Neutrophils
D.) Eosinophils
What is C.) Neutrophils
Eisenmenger’s syndrome is used to describe:
A.) Dextrocardia
B.) A Large membranous ventricular septal defect that should be repaired to improve life expectancy
C.) Pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary vascular disease and reversed shunt
D.) A rare malformation with downward displacement of a portion of the tricuspid valve and atrialization of a large portion of the right ventricle
What is C.) Pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary vascular disease and reversed shunt
The portal vein is formed from the confluence of these two vessels:
A.) Plenic vein
B.) Superior mesenteric vein
C.) Inferior mesenteric vein
D.) Gastric vein
What is A & B.) Splenic and Superior mesenteric vein
This law describes the diffusion of particles from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
What is Fick’s Law