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Change of Heart Trivia Quiz

A quiz about the heart, and its transplantation.

A multiple-choice quiz by goofyfoot009. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
goofyfoot009

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
341,573

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
596

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these is a chamber of the heart? Hint

Right atrium.

Descending aureole.

Left aorta.

Circumflex chamber.

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Question 2 of 10

2. When a heart is transplanted, which part of the original organ remains? Hint

Septum.

Back wall of the left atrium.

Left Anterior Descending artery.

All of these.

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is a PVC? Hint

Premature ventricular contraction.

Passive venous charge.

Polyvinyl cardiac implant.

Pulmonary venous condition.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Your doctor is considering a prescription for a beta blocker. What condition might be a contraindication for such a drug? Hint

Low blood pressure

Cardiac arrhythmia.

Glaucoma.

Angina Pectoris.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Post-transplant, how does a cardiologist determine if rejection is taking place? Hint

Performs an angiogram.

Biopsies the heart.

Checks the patient's cyclosporine level.

Checks for tissue in a patient's stool.

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Question 6 of 10

6. In a right-heart catheterization, the Swan-Ganz catheter is inserted through which vein or artery? Hint

Pulmonary vein.

Femoral artery.

Internal jugular vein.

Brachial artery.

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is ischemic time? Hint

The length of time an transplantable organ is out of the body.

The time beween the occurrence of the Q and S spikes on an EKG.

The time before a dose of nitroglycerine takes effect.

The time between oxygen pulses.

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Question 8 of 10

8. The immuno-suppressant drug, Cyclosporine, was originally isolated from? Hint

The stomach lining of the Formosan Wild Boar.

The bark of the Pacific Yew.

A fungus in Norway.

Orchid pollen in Hawaii.

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is unusual about the pulmonary veins? Hint

They carry oxygenated blood.

They open into the right atrium.

There are six of them.

They carry blood to the lungs

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is an unfortunate common side-effect of immuno-suppressive therapy? Hint

All of these.

Keratoses, cancers, and lesions of the skin.

Weight gain.

Moon-face.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these is a chamber of the heart?

Answer: Right atrium.

The right atrium receives de-oxygenated blood from the body's venous system.

2. When a heart is transplanted, which part of the original organ remains?

Answer: Back wall of the left atrium.

The only part of the actual heart that is kept is the back of the left atrium, where the pulmonary veins open into the heart. The septum is the wall that divides the left and right halves of the heart, and the LAD is a major coronary artery of the heart.

3. What is a PVC?

Answer: Premature ventricular contraction.

A PVC is an out-of-sync beat of the left ventricle, often before the chamber is adequately filled with oxygenated blood.

4. Your doctor is considering a prescription for a beta blocker. What condition might be a contraindication for such a drug?

Answer: Low blood pressure

Since a beta blocker lowers blood pressure, having already too low a pressure may preclude its use.

5. Post-transplant, how does a cardiologist determine if rejection is taking place?

Answer: Biopsies the heart.

The doctor uses a flexible biotome to snip off pieces of the right atrium and ventricle. Microscopic examination can determine rejection.

6. In a right-heart catheterization, the Swan-Ganz catheter is inserted through which vein or artery?

Answer: Internal jugular vein.

The internal jugular, and sometimes the subclavian vein, are the two favorite sites for introduction of the catheter, and are also the entry of choice for heart biopsies.

7. What is ischemic time?

Answer: The length of time an transplantable organ is out of the body.

Once a donor heart is removed from a cadaver, the organ has a finite time it can remain viable until it is implanted in a recipient. I was fortunate enough to receive a local heart, so ischemic time was not so critical.

8. The immuno-suppressant drug, Cyclosporine, was originally isolated from?

Answer: A fungus in Norway.

Until Cyclosporine became available in the early 1980s, the survival window of heart transplantees was 5-10 years. Since then it may be measured in decades.

9. What is unusual about the pulmonary veins?

Answer: They carry oxygenated blood.

They are the only veins that carry oxygenated blood, from the lungs to the left atrium.

10. What is an unfortunate common side-effect of immuno-suppressive therapy?

Answer: All of these.

"Moon Face" is where the face plumps up, caused by steroids, as is the weight gain associated with transplantation. Skin lesions and warts afflict over 50% of long term transplantees.

Source: Author goofyfoot009

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