Cardiology

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

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

3. Myocarditis may be found in all except:

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

5. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

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

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

8. Commonest heart valve abnormality revealed after AMI is:

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

10. Bedside diagnosis of a classical case of SBE does not include:

11. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

12. Differential cyanosis is found in:

13. Slow rising pulse is a feature of:

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

15. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

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

18. The least common complication of MS is:

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

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

21. S3 or S4 is best auscultated:

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

23. Coronary atherosclerosis is not linked to:

24. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

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

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

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

28. Pericardial rub is best audible in all except:

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

30. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

31. In a patient with MS in sinus rhythm, the severity of valvular lesion is indicated by:

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

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

34. CPK-MB is increased in all except:

35. Pulsus paradoxus is seen in all except:

36. S3 may be present in all except:

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

38. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

39. lbutilide is an antiarrhythmic agent of:

40. Delta wave in ECG is found in:

41. Dressler’s syndrome results from:

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

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

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

45. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

46. Cardiac arrest may be due to:

47. Increased level of which of the following is not a risk factor for lHD?

48. Cannon wave in the neck vein is seen in:

49. All are features of pericardial tamponade except:

50. Intracardiac calcification usually indicates: