Cardiac Anesthesia / Surgery

1) Sudden air-locking of venous line can occur during what stage of MV replacement surgery?

a) during longitudinal paraseptal left atriotomy

b) after excising calcific mitral valve

c) while suturing prosthetic valve

d) while suturing lower angle of left atriotomy

2) Which of the following operations is performed with a bicaval cannulation but without caval tourniquets?

a) ASD closure

b) Correction of TAPVC

c) TOF correction

d) Open Mitral Valvotomy with LA clot removal

3) If a patient is operated immediately following a complication of coronary angioplasty, the perfusionist should be concerned about

a) dissection during aortic cannulation

b) urine out put

c) cerebral perfusion

d) accelerated leucocyte activation

4) A patient with MSMR , ASAR with severe PH is being operated for MVR + AVR. While coming off CPB, patient is in NSR, SpO2 is 100%, CVP of 1mm of Hg, ABP of 88/54 of Hg. To bring up ABP , one should FIRST

5) During On-Pump CABG using LIMA & RIMA , at near end of CPB, the reservoir level is very low. The loss of volume must be in

6) After repair of TOF, patient is just off CPB. The surgeon wishes to lift heart to check bleeding. The bleeding is likely from

a) cardioplegia cannulation site

b) RSPV vent

c) right atriotomy

d) RVOT patching

7) Which of the following is an indication of redoing LIMA –LAD distal anastomosis?

a) Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure = 20 mm of Hg

b) Gr I-II MR on TEE

c) 2 mm ST elevation in lead I

d) hypokinesia of postero-lateral segment on TEE

e) Systemic diastolic pressure < 80 mm of Hg

8) Pulse oximeter cannot be used on a conventional CPB to monitor arterial saturation because of ,

9) On total CPB, RA & MPA are full. The measure that should NOT be taken is, to