Cardiology

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

2. Which is not a feature of atrial myxoma?

3. Paroxysmal hypertension is classically found in:

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

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

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

7. Which enzyme rises earliest in AMI?

8. The S2 in Fallot’s tetralogy:

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

10. Compression of the feeding artery abruptly reduces the heart rate in arteriovenous fistula and is known as:

11. Sphygmomanometer cannot diagnose:

12. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

13. During cardiac imaging, which phase shows the minimum movement of the heart?

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

15. Radiofemoral delay is a feature of all except:

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

17. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

18. Which of the following does not produce a continuous murmur?

19. Indications for dosed mitral valvotomy include all except:

20. Retrostemal chest pain classically occurs in all except:

21. Which of the following is not a recognised risk factor for early atherosclerosis?

22. Muffled S1 is found in alt except:

23. A very close differential diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis at the bedside is:

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

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

26. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

27. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

28. The commonest congenital heart disease is:

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

30. Drug to be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?

31. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

32. S4 is not associated with:

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

34. Which of the following is present in most of the patients of SBE?

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

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

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

38. Kussmaul’s sign is present in:

39. AR with low pulse pressure is found in all except:

40. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

41. The “3-sign’ in chest roentgenogram diagnoses:

42. ‘Syndrome-Z’ increases cardiovascular morbidity, and is associated with:

43. Delta wave in ECG is found in:

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

45. Endomyocardial fibrosis may be due to:

46. Stethoscope was invented by:

47. Clubbing is not a feature of:

48. The commonest cause of death in an adult with PDA is:

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

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