Cardiology

1. ‘Absolute’ contraindication to thrombolytic therapy in AMI is:

2. Which of the following is not a ‘Major manifestation’ of Jones criteria in rheumatic fever?

3. Which is not a cause of wide and fixed splitting of S2?

4. All of the following are characteristics of right ventricular infarction except:

5. Hypocalcaemia arrests the heart in:

6. Which one of the following is false regarding Austin Flint murmur?

7. Increased PR interval is observed in:

8. Double apex in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is mainly due to:

9. Which of the following drugs is not used in hypoxic spells of Fallot’s tetralogy?

10. ‘Ausatltatory gap’ in BP measurement is:

11. A very close differential diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis at the bedside is:

12. Which one of the following is false regarding atrial fibrillation?

13. Commonest congenital cyanotic heart disease with cyanosis at birth is:

14. Delta wave in ECG is found in:

15. Verapamil is indicated in all except:

16. Acute myocardial infarction of posterior wall of left ventricle will show in the ECG:

17. Pedal pulse is ‘absent’ in all except:

18. X-ray appearance of calcification of patent ductus arteriosus is:

19. Which of the following is not included in ‘minor manifestation’ of Jones criteria in rheumatic fever?

20. A2 in aortic stenosis is characteristically:

21. When a patient of unstable angina worsens by nitroglycerine, the diagnosis is:

22. In coarctation of aorta, rib notching is seen in:

23. Which of the following is not recognised to be an acute phase reactant?

24. The Keith-Wagener-Barker classification for retinal changes is meant for:

25. S1, S2, S3 syndrome in ECG is seen in:

26. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

27. Acute subendocardial infarction will have ECG findings:

28. The commonest cause of displacement of apex beat is:

29. All of the following may produce hemiplegia by cerebral embolism except:

30. Commonest aetiology of tricuspid incompetence in clinical practice is:

31. Pulsus paradoxus is seen in all except:

32. All are features of pericardial tamponade except:

33. The commonest congenital heart disease is:

34. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

35. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

36. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

37. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

38. Which of the following is not found in constrictive pericarditis?

39. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

40. Loud A2 is present in:

41. Cannon wave in the neck vein is seen in:

42. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

43. All are cardiovascular features of severe anaemia except:

44. Which is not included in ‘lipid tetrad’ in risk factors for coronary heart disease?

45. lbutilide is an antiarrhythmic agent of:

46. Ventricular fibrillation is best treated by:

47. S3 may be present in all except:

48. Which does not produce a regularly irregular pulse?

49. The commonest organism producing acute bacterial endocarditis is:

50. The chance of SBE is lowest in: