Cardiac Valve Disease Tutorial
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Quiz Questions Linked to Tutorial
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Tutorial
- What are murmurs, and what produces the audible sounds?
- What is the difference between a stenotic valve and insufficient valve?
- What valve defects are associated with systolic and diastolic murmurs?
- What is Poiseuille's equation and how does it relate to the pressure gradient across a valve?
- What is turbulent flow and how does it differ from laminar flow?
- How is turbulence associated with valve disease related to flow velocity, valve orifice area, and blood viscosity?
- What is the effect of exercise (increased cardiac output) on the pressure gradient across a stenotic valve?
- How are cardiac pressures and volumes during the cardiac cycle altered by valve stenosis and insufficiency (regurgitation)?
- How are left ventricular pressure-volume loops altered by aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and mitral regurgitation?
- What valve defects can increase left atrial and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, and what is the consequence of elevating this pressure?
- How can valve defects lead to reduced exercise capacity and exertional dyspnea?
Link to Quiz Questions: testmoz.com/2479853
Revised 01/31/2023