Cardiology

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

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

3. All of the following are common arrhythmias developing from AMI except:

4. Malar flush is found in all except:

5. Increased PR interval is observed in:

6. Seagull murmur is not a feature of:

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

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

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

10. All are features of pericardial tamponade except:

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

12. Drug to be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?

13. Which of the following does not lead to Eisenmenger’s syndrome?

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

15. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

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

17. All of the following produce systemic hypertension except:

18. Short PR interval in ECG is characteristic of:

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

20. In right ventricular myocardial infarction, which of the following additional therapies is needed?

21. ‘Hilar dance’ is characteristic of:

22. The commonest organism producing acute bacterial endocarditis is:

23. Cardiac percussion is important in:

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

25. Murmur of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is decreased by:

26. Janeway’s spot in SBE is found in:

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

28. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

30. Cardiac syncope is characterised by:

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

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

33. Slow rising pulse is a feature of:

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

35. Exercise tolerance test is absolutely contraindicated in:

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

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

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

39. Long tubular heart in X-ray chest is found in all except:

40. In coarctation of aorta, rib notching is seen in:

41. Cardiac involvement is absent in:

42. Left atrial failure is featured by all except:

43. Differential cyanosis is found in:

44. Still’s murmur is:

45. Holt-Oram syndrome is characterized by:

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

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

48. S3 may be present in all except:

49. CPK-MB is increased in all except:

50. Which is false regarding juvenile mitral stenosis?