A 20-Year-Old Male Underwent an Echocardiogram to Assess Chest Pain

question 36

Multiple Choice

A 20-year-old male underwent an echocardiogram to assess chest pain.Results revealed a congenital defect in papillary muscles.Which of the following would the nurse expect to occur?

• A) Closure of the semilunar valve
• B) Backward expulsion of the atrioventricular valves
• C) Closure of the atrioventricular valve
• D) Backward expulsion of the semilunar valves

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Definitions:

Frequency Polygon

A graphical representation of the distribution of a dataset that shows how often each value in the dataset occurs.

Ogive

A graphical representation of the cumulative frequency or cumulative relative frequency on a graph.

Pie Chart

A circular statistical graphic which is divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportion.

Cumulative Frequency Distribution

A frequency distribution that shows frequencies for class intervals along with the cumulative frequency at each.