Cardiology

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

2. Hypocalcaemia arrests the heart in:

3. Which of the following is not an aetiology of MR?

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

5. Sphygmomanometer cannot diagnose:

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

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

8. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

9. Graham Steel murmur is found in:

10. Clinically, commonest type of shock is:

11. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

12. Left parasternal heave is diagnostic of:

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

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

15. Propranolol can be used in all except:

16. Reversed splitting of S2 is found in:

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

18. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

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

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

21. Carey Coombs murmur is found in:

22. All of the following may have unidigital clubbing except:

23. CPK-MB is increased in all except:

24. Loud A2 is present in:

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

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

27. Which of the following gives rise to pulsation at the back?

28. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

29. The S2 in Fallot’s tetralogy:

30. ‘Nitrate tolerance’ developing as a result of treating ischaemic heart disease by mononitrates is prevented by:

31. Dressler’s syndrome results from:

32. Which drug prolongs life in chronic stable angina?

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

34. Acute pericarditis is a recognised complication of all except:

35. The least common complication of MS is:

36. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

37. ‘Hilar dance’ is characteristic of:

38. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

39. Drug to be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?

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

41. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

42. Regrading neck venous pulsation, which is false?

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

44. S4 is not associated with:

45. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

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

47. All are features of pericardial tamponade except:

48. Myocarditis may be found in all except:

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

50. Which of the following is not a side effect of amiodarone?