Cardiology

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

2. High-volume double-peaked pulse is found in all except:

3. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

4. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

5. The commonest organism producing acute bacterial endocarditis is:

6. The commonest congenital heart disease is:

7. Dressler’s syndrome results from:

8. Coarctation of aorta may be associated with all except:

9. Which enzyme rises earliest in AMI?

10. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

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

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

13. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

14. Which is least common in cardiac tamponade?

15. Syncopal attack is associated with all of the following except:

16. Roth spot is found in alt except:

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

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

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

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

21. Still’s murmur is:

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

23. Pulsus paradoxus is seen in all except:

24. Muffled S1 is found in alt except:

25. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

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

27. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure is increased in all except:

28. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

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

30. Hyperthyroid heart disease is manifested by:

31. Seagull murmur is not a feature of:

32. Graham Steel murmur is found in:

33. Radiofemoral delay is a feature of all except:

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

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

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

37. Verapamil is indicated in all except:

38. Cardiac involvement is absent in:

39. All of the following drugs may be used in congestive cardiac failure except:

40. Clinically, the severity of MS is best assessed by:

41. Major cardiovascular manifestation in cri-du-chat syndrome is:

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

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

44. Differential diagnoses of ASD at the bedside are all except:

45. Pulsus alternans is produced by:

46. Opening snap is:

47. Holt-Oram syndrome is characterized by:

48. All are helpful in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy except:

49. Left atrial failure is featured by all except:

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