Cardiology

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

2. Opening snap is:

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

4. Kussmaul’s sign is present in:

5. Which of the following is not a natural vasodilator?

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

7. Which is not an example of vasospastic disorder?

8. Tall R-wave in lead V1 of the ECG is characteristic of which of the following:

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

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

11. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

12. Regrading neck venous pulsation, which is false?

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

14. Syncopal attack is associated with all of the following except:

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

16. Still’s murmur is:

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

18. Which is not a feature of atrial myxoma?

19. Which one is false regarding the presence of ejection click?

20. Cardiac percussion is important in:

21. Haemoptysis may be found in:

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

23. Dressler’s syndrome results from:

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

25. The least common complication of MS is:

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

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

28. Pulsus alternans is produced by:

29. Differential cyanosis is found in:

30. U-wave in EGG is characteristically found in:

31. ‘Fallot’s pentalogy’ is Fallot’s tetralogy plus:

32. The drug that is contraindicated in pregnancy-induced hypertension is:

33. Which of the following is the least important cause of dissection of aorta?

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

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

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

37. S3 may be present in all except:

38. Commonest aetiology of tricuspid incompetence in clinical practice is:

39. Propranolol can be used in all except:

40. Short PR interval in ECG is characteristic of:

41. The ESR may be ‘zero’ in:

42. The murmur of MS is:

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

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

45. Central cyanosis is not found in:

46. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

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

48. Lutembacher’s syndrome is:

49. Clubbing is not a feature of:

50. All of the following drugs may be used in congestive cardiac failure except: