Cardiology

1. Earliest valvular lesion in acute rheumatic carditis is:

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

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

4. Central cyanosis is not found in:

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

6. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

7. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

8. ‘Syndrome-Z’ increases cardiovascular morbidity, and is associated with:

9. Giant a-wave in neck vein is seen in:

10. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

11. Boot-shaped heart with oligaemic lung fields is found in:

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

13. The ECG finding in hypercalcaemia is:

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

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

16. All are helpful in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy except:

17. Which of the following is present in most of the patients of SBE?

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

19. Endomyocardial fibrosis may be due to:

20. Murmur of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is decreased by:

21. Classical JVP finding in cardiac tamponade is:

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

23. Cardiac percussion is important in:

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

25. Which is not an example of vasospastic disorder?

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

27. Still’s murmur is:

28. The drug of choice in acute management of PSVT is:

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

30. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

31. Which one of the following is false regarding Austin Flint murmur?

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

33. ‘Absolute’ contraindication to thrombolytic therapy in AMI is:

34. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

35. Roth spot is found in alt except:

36. Delta wave in ECG is found in:

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

38. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

39. The least common complication of MS is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. A2 in aortic stenosis is characteristically:

47. All of the following are characteristics of right ventricular infarction except:

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

49. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

50. The sound best audible by the bell of a stethoscope is: