Quiz 2 Study GuideDefine Advanced Heart Failure Therapy and what are the goals?

Define Advanced Heart Failure Therapy and what are the goals?

What is the purpose, candidate for and solution for: Bridge to transplant

What is the purpose, candidate for and solution for: Bridge to decision

What is the purpose, candidate for and solution for: Destination therapy

Long term devices

Short term devices

How does blood flow through an LVAD

what is the difference between pulsatile flow pumps and non-pulsatile flow pumps

What are the cardiac contraindications for an LVAD that TEE is used to assess?

How is TEE used to assist with LVAD placement and post-implantation function?

What are the possible LVAD complications?

When would a heart transplant be indicated?

What are absolute contraindications for a heart transplant?

Compare orthotopic and heterotopic surgical techniques.

How is a total artificial heart used?

What are heart transplant complications?

Understand how denervation contributes to silent MI’s.

Describe common echo findings post-transplant and echo signs of complications

List the common devices seen on an echocardiogram and describe their appearance on an ultrasound image.

Define myocardial perfusion imaging. What are the strengths and limitations?

Compare cardiac PET with cardiac SPECT.

 Define CCTA. What are the strengths and limitations?

What is a coronary calcium score and how is it used?

Define cardiac MRI. What are the strengths and limitations?

Define coronary angiogram. What are the strengths and limitations?

Describe the 2 types of heart catheterizations

What is fluoroscopy and why do you need to wear lead PPE in the cath lab?

List the types of left heart PCI

Describe balloon angioplasty, stent placement and atherectomy

List the types of right heart interventions.

Define a cardiac mass and what are the types?

Describe the echo evaluation of a cardiac mass

For a RA mass – what are the possible differential diagnoses?

For a LA mass – what are the possible differential diagnoses?

For a mass on the IAS – what are the possible differential diagnoses?

For a mass in the LV – what are the possible differential diagnoses?

For a mass in the RV – what are the possible differential diagnoses?

What are intracardiac devices that may appear as a mass?

What is the difference between primary and non-primary tumors?

Describe renal cell carcinoma and how that appears on echo.

What is carcinoid heart disease and how that appears on echo.

Describe myxomas and how they appear on echo.

Describe papillary fibroelastoma and how they appear on echo.

Describe lipoma and how they appear on echo.

List the types of malignant cardiac tumors and what is the focus

of echo assessment.

How quickly can thrombus develop after a myocardial infarction?

Describe the classifications of thrombus.

Understand the risk factors for thrombus formation.

What are the echo characteristics of LV and LA thrombus?

Describe the origins of right sided thrombus formation.

List the different types of cardiac emboli.

Understand the risk factors for developing cardiac emboli.

What is the most common source of pulmonary embolisms?

Understand and describe the echo characteristics of acute right heart strain.