Cardiology

1. Which of the following gives rise to pulsation at the back?

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

3. Concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is usually found in:

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

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

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

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

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

9. The murmur of MS is:

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

11. All are bedside differential diagnoses of MS except:

12. Pulsus bisferiens is best perceived in which artery?

13. All are cardiovascular features of severe anaemia except:

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

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

16. Murmur of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is decreased by:

17. S3 may be present in all except:

18. Roth spot is found in alt except:

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

20. Intracardiac calcification usually indicates:

21. Aortic arch syndrome is not associated with:

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

23. The least common complication of MS is:

24. Atrial myxomas may be associated with all except:

25. Mental retardation, squint, and idiopathic hypercalcaemia may be associated with stenosis of:

26. Hill’s sign is diagnostic of:

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

28. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

29. Seagull murmur is not a feature of:

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

31. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

32. Cardiac arrest may be due to:

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

34. The disease with male preponderance is:

35. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

36. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

37. Pedal pulse is ‘absent’ in all except:

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

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

40. Cardiac involvement is absent in:

41. Reversed splitting of S2 is found in:

42. Ventricular fibrillation is best treated by:

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

44. Myocarditis may be found in all except:

45. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

46. All are true in severe PS except:

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

48. All of the following produce systemic hypertension except:

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

50. The ECG finding in hypercalcaemia is: