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NBE ASCeXAM VIP Practice Certification Exam
NBE — The NBE ASCeXAM (Adult Echocardiography Examination) is administered by the National Board of Echocardiography; it consists of 150 multiple-choice questions delivered over 4 hours and covers physics/instrumentation, cardiac anatomy, Doppler hemodynamics, valvular disease, cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, ischemic heart disease, aortic pathology, congenital disease, and cardiac masses.
32
Questions
60m
Time Limit
75.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 32👑 VIP
During a transthoracic echocardiogram, you apply pulsed-wave (PW) Doppler to measure mitral inflow and notice the diastolic signal wraps around and appears on both sides of the baseline simultaneously. The patient's heart rate is 72 bpm and the sample depth is 14 cm. What is the most likely cause of this artifact?
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