Download Webinar Test The Clinical value of MPI – 10 questions 70% to attain

Webinar Test
The Clinical value of MPI –
Detection-Risk Stratification-Prognosis
In Women and Diabetic Patients
10 questions
70% to attain 1 CEU
1. Women experience atypical Myocardial Infarction symptoms-select the correct symptoms
women can experience:
A. Crushing chest pain radiating down the left arm
B. Shortness of breath, unusual fatigue and jaw pain
C. Severe headache with distorted vision
D. A and C
2. Which statement is correct
A. 2.5 million women die of cardiovascular disease each year
B. Cancer is the leading cause of death for women in the United States
C. > 250,000 women die from coronary artery disease (CAD) annually
D. 500,000 women die from CAD each year
3. Women have a protective effect from estrogen so their prevalence of heart disease presents
and exceeds male prevalence at what age
A. 25 to 40 years
B. 60 to 79 years
C. 80 years and up
D. B and C
4. The ECG Treadmill test accuracy can be affected by
A. Hormonal status
B. Medications
C. Exercise/function capacity
D. All of the above
5. Why are Tc-99m tracers the agent of choice for MPI in women
A. Artifacts associated with breast attenuation are reduced
B. Faster imaging times reduce patient motion
C. Post stress ejection fraction (EF) and wall motion reduce false positive scans
D. A and C
6. ____________________ is a measure of how much of the myocardium is involved with disease
A. Reversibility
B. Extent
C. Severity
D. Redistribution
7. A Ejection Fraction (EF) value of _____________ is predictive of events resulting in death
A. >45%
B. <55%
C. <45%
D. EF is not predictive of events resulting in death
8. Women with a mildly abnormal scan …
A. Have a low risk of cardiac death (CD) and an intermediate risk for myocardial infarction (MI)
B. Have an intermediate risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and cardiac death (CD)
C. Should have a cardiac catheterization
D. Have a < 1% cardiac event risk
9. True or False
Frequently diabetic patients do not experience typical symptoms associated with myocardial
infarction (MI) because they do not feel the pain, they have “silent” blunted ischemic pain.
10. Which is NOT a cardiovascular risk factor in diabetic patients
A. Impaired renal function
B. Hypertension
C. C-reactive protein (CRP)
D. Family history of early coronary disease