Cardiology

1. Heart valve commonly affected by IV drug abusers is:

2. The least common complication of MS is:

3. Which of the following does not produce ‘fleeting’ arthritis?

4. During cardiopulmonary resuscitation, external defibrillation by DC shock is done with:

5. Sphygmomanometer cannot diagnose:

6. Pulsus bisferiens is found in:

7. Elfin facies (pointed chin; cupid’s bow-like upper lip, upturned nose) may be seen in:

8. Slow rising pulse is a feature of:

9. In right ventricular myocardial infarction, which of the following additional therapies is needed?

10. Which one is false regarding the presence of ejection click?

11. Murmur of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is decreased by:

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

13. Which is true in ‘maladie de Roger’?

14. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

15. Which of the following heart sounds occurs shortly after S1?

16. Torsade de Pointes is associated with:

17. Intracardiac calcification usually indicates:

18. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

19. Which of the following is false regarding oedema in congestive cardiac failure?

20. Which of the following is not advocated in the treatment of acute pulmonary oedema?

21. S3 or S4 is best auscultated:

22. Earliest valvular lesion in acute rheumatic carditis is:

23. Reversed splitting of S2 is found in:

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

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

26. A pericardial friction rub may have any of the components except:

27. PDA is life-saving in all of the following except:

28. Verapamil is indicated in all except:

29. The chance of SBE is lowest in:

30. All are cardiovascular features of severe anaemia except:

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

32. Clinically, commonest type of shock is:

33. Pregnancy-associated hypertension should not be treated with:

34. All are examples of congenital cyanotic heart disease except:

35. Which of the following is not a cause of sinus bradycardia?

36. Which enzyme rises earliest in AMI?

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

38. Which one is false regarding the floppy mitral valve?

39. All are commonly associated with ASD except:

40. Radiofemoral delay is a feature of all except:

41. Which one of the following is a centrally-acting antihypertensive drug?

42. Kussmaul’s sign is not a feature of:

43. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

44. Osler’s node is classically seen in:

45. Prolonged QT interval in ECG is found in all except:

46. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

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

48. Opening snap is:

49. In a patient with MS in sinus rhythm, the severity of valvular lesion is indicated by:

50. Echocardiography can detect the presence of pericardial fluid as little as: