Cardiology

1. Varying intensity of S1 is found in all except:

2. All are features of pericardial tamponade except:

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

4. The least common complication of MS is:

5. Cri-du-chat syndrome does not have:

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

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

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

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

10. Retrostemal chest pain classically occurs in all except:

11. Commonest congenital cyanotic heart disease with cyanosis at birth is:

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

13. Which drug prolongs life in chronic stable angina?

14. Syphilis may give rise to:

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

16. Short PR interval in ECG is characteristic of:

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

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

19. Malar flush is found in all except:

20. Compression of the feeding artery abruptly reduces the heart rate in arteriovenous fistula and is known as:

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

22. Which does not produce a regularly irregular pulse?

23. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

24. Graham Steel murmur is found in:

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

26. Which is not a predisposing factor for dissecting aneurysm of aorta?

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

28. Aortic arch syndrome is not associated with:

29. S4 is not associated with:

30. Indications for dosed mitral valvotomy include all except:

31. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

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

33. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

34. Classical JVP finding in cardiac tamponade is:

35. S3 may be present in all except:

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

37. Which is least common in cardiac tamponade?

38. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

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

40. Increased PR interval is observed in:

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

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

43. Atrial myxomas may be associated with all except:

44. Paroxysmal hypertension is classically found in:

45. Heart valve commonly affected by IV drug abusers is:

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

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

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

49. X-ray appearance of calcification of patent ductus arteriosus is:

50. Hypocalcaemia arrests the heart in: