Cardiology

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

2. Pericardial rub is best audible in all except:

3. Which is not a cause of wide and fixed splitting of S2?

4. Earliest valvular lesion in acute rheumatic carditis is:

5. Exercise tolerance test is absolutely contraindicated in:

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

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

8. v-wave in JVP becomes prominent in:

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

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

11. Verapamil is indicated in all except:

12. lbutilide is an antiarrhythmic agent of:

13. The drug of choice in acute management of PSVT is:

14. Which enzyme rises earliest in AMI?

15. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

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

17. The least common complication of MS is:

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

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

20. Osler’s node is classically seen in:

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

22. Which is false regarding juvenile mitral stenosis?

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

24. Regrading neck venous pulsation, which is false?

25. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

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

27. Familial myxomas may be a part of syndrome complex with endocrine overactivity like:

28. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

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

30. Pregnancy-associated hypertension should not be treated with:

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

32. Central cyanosis is not found in:

33. Coronary atherosclerosis is not linked to:

34. Cardiac syncope is characterised by:

35. Still’s murmur is:

36. The ESR may be very low in all except:

37. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

38. Seagull murmur is not a feature of:

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

40. Aortic arch syndrome is not associated with:

41. Classical JVP finding in cardiac tamponade is:

42. Which of the following does not produce a continuous murmur over the chest?

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

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

45. CPK-MB is increased in all except:

46. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

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

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

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

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