Cardiology

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

2. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

3. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

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

5. The least common complication of MS is:

6. Cardiac involvement is absent in:

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

8. Commonest heart valve abnormality revealed after AMI is:

9. Prolonged QT interval in ECG is found in all except:

10. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

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

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

13. Pulsus bisferiens is best perceived in which artery?

14. Still’s murmur is:

15. Which of the following is not advocated in the treatment of acute pulmonary oedema?

16. S3 may be present in all except:

17. S3 or S4 is best auscultated:

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

19. Cardiac percussion is important in:

20. Left atrial failure is featured by all except:

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

22. Clubbing is not a feature of:

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

24. Hypocalcaemia arrests the heart in:

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

26. Cardiac syncope is characterised by:

27. v-wave in JVP becomes prominent in:

28. Still’s murmur is:

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

30. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

31. Regrading neck venous pulsation, which is false?

32. P-wave in ECG is absent in:

33. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

34. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

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

36. Verapamil is indicated in all except:

37. In critical MS, the mitral valve orifice is:

38. All are examples of congenital cyanotic heart disease except:

39. All are class I antiarrhythmic drugs except:

40. Holt-Oram syndrome is characterized by:

41. Pulsus bisferiens is found in:

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

43. Which of the following does not produce ‘fleeting’ arthritis?

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

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

46. Regarding Kerley’s B lines, all of the following are true except:

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

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

49. Haemoptysis may be found in:

50. All are features associated with an acute attack of PND except: