SVN May 2024 Virtual Roundtable CEU Quiz

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* 1. Which antibiotic drug class should be used with extreme caution in patients with HTAD?

Tetracyclines

Fluoroquinolones

Cephalosporins

Penicillins

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* 2. An aneurysm is defined as any artery that is dilated to at least:

1.25 times its expected normal diameter

1.50 times its expected normal diameter

2.0 times its expected normal diameter

2.5 times its expected normal diameter

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* 3. A dissection is defined as:

A tear in the intima that allows the blood to pass through into the media.

Blood leaking into the media at low pressure, forming a thrombus.

When all the layers of the artery wall tear, causing blood to leak out.

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* 4. True or False: An aortic dissection is always a medical emergency.

True

False

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* 5. Which blood pressure medication class caused accelerated aneurysm expansion, rupture and premature lethality in Marfan mice?

Calcium channel blockers

Beta blockers

ACE Inhibitors

Angiotensin II receptor blocker

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* 6. Which is of the following is not a syndromic Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease?

Marfan syndrome

Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Scleroderma

Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

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* 7. True or false: It is sometimes indicated for people who have a Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease to have prophylactic repair before the traditional aneurysm threshold has been reached.

True

False

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* 8. All of the following are risk factors for Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease except:

Hypertension

Features of Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome or Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

SVN May 2024 Virtual Roundtable CEU Quiz

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* 1. Which antibiotic drug class should be used with extreme caution in patients with HTAD?

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* 2. An aneurysm is defined as any artery that is dilated to at least:

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* 3. A dissection is defined as:

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* 4. True or False: An aortic dissection is always a medical emergency.

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* 5. Which blood pressure medication class caused accelerated aneurysm expansion, rupture and premature lethality in Marfan mice?

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* 6. Which is of the following is not a syndromic Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease?

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* 7. True or false: It is sometimes indicated for people who have a Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease to have prophylactic repair before the traditional aneurysm threshold has been reached.

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* 8. All of the following are risk factors for Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease except:

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* 9. Your full name:

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* 10. Your email address: