Cardiology

1. The chance of SBE is lowest in:

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

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

4. Radiofemoral delay is a feature of all except:

5. Syphilis may give rise to:

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

7. Ventricular fibrillation is best treated by:

8. Boot-shaped heart with oligaemic lung fields is found in:

9. Which is the commonest congenital cardiac lesion in Down’s syndrome?

10. Giant a-wave in neck vein is seen in:

11. Pulsus bisferiens is found in:

12. All are cardiovascular features of severe anaemia except:

13. P-wave in ECG is absent in:

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

15. Varying intensity of S1 is found in all except:

16. Which is false regarding dyspnoea?

17. All are true in severe PS except:

18. S4 is not associated with:

19. Earliest valvular lesion in acute rheumatic carditis is:

20. Short PR interval in ECG is characteristic of:

21. RBBB with left axis deviation in ECG is characteristically seen in:

22. Myocarditis may be found in all except:

23. S3 may be present in all except:

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

25. Congestive cardiac failure may be seen in all except:

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

27. Which of the following does not lead to Eisenmenger’s syndrome?

28. Holt-Oram syndrome is characterized by:

29. Hill’s sign is diagnostic of:

30. Commonest heart valve abnormality revealed after AMI is:

31. Which of the following gives rise to a heaving apex beat?

32. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

33. The sound best audible by the bell of a stethoscope is:

34. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

35. Clubbing is not a feature of:

36. Incidence of infective endocarditis is least in:

37. Which of the following beta-blockers is commonly used in heart failure?

38. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

39. Cardiac syncope is characterised by:

40. Concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is usually found in:

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

42. Stethoscope was invented by:

43. Murmur of floppy mitral valve increases with all except:

44. Drug to be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?

45. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

46. Aortic arch syndrome is not associated with:

47. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

48. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

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

50. Cardiac involvement is absent in: