Cardiology

1. All of the following are causes of intermittent claudication except:

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

3. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

4. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

5. Which of the following is false regarding complete heart block?

6. Regrading neck venous pulsation, which is false?

7. Ventricular fibrillation is best treated by:

8. Earliest valvular lesion in acute rheumatic carditis is:

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

10. Still’s murmur is:

11. Sudden death may occur in:

12. Hypocalcaemia arrests the heart in:

13. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

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

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

16. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

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

18. The normal blood volume in an adult male is approximately:

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

20. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

21. Torsade de Pointes is associated with:

22. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

23. Angio-oedema is not uncommon in treatment with:

24. Pulsus paradoxus is seen in all except:

25. Atrial myxomas may be associated with all except:

26. Differential cyanosis is found in:

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

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

29. Increased PR interval is observed in:

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

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

32. Sudden death may occur in all of the following except:

33. Pulsus bisferiens is found in:

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

35. Cardiac involvement is absent in:

36. Murmur of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is decreased by:

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

38. S4 is not associated with:

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

40. Retrostemal chest pain classically occurs in all except:

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

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

43. The ECG finding in hypercalcaemia is:

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

45. Ideally, the connecting tube of the stethoscope should be:

46. Cardiac anomalies associated with tetralogy of Fallot are all except:

47. The commonest congenital heart disease is:

48. Delta wave in ECG is found in:

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

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