Cardiology

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

2. Torsade de Pointes is associated with:

3. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

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

5. Pericardial rub is best audible in all except:

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

7. Which is the commonest congenital cardiac lesion in Down’s syndrome?

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

9. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

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

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

12. Cardiac syncope is characterised by:

13. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

14. Left parasternal heave is diagnostic of:

15. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

16. Janeway’s spot in SBE is found in:

17. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

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

19. All are class I antiarrhythmic drugs except:

20. Ideally, the connecting tube of the stethoscope should be:

21. Propranolol can be used in all except:

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

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

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

25. Pulsus bisferiens is best perceived in which artery?

26. Clubbing is not a feature of:

27. Inverted P-wave in lead. I, upright P-wave in aVR and gradual diminution of the height of R-waves in precordial leads are found in:

28. Which one of the following is a centrally-acting antihypertensive drug?

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

30. In coarctation of aorta, rib notching is seen in:

31. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

32. Which does not produce a regularly irregular pulse?

33. ‘Ausatltatory gap’ in BP measurement is:

34. Which of the following is not an aetiology of MR?

35. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

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

37. AR with low pulse pressure is found in all except:

38. Aortic arch syndrome is not associated with:

39. Sudden death may occur in all of the following except:

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

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

42. The commonest organism producing acute bacterial endocarditis is:

43. Reversed splitting of S2 is found in:

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

45. S4 is not associated with:

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

47. Which is false regarding dyspnoea?

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

49. lbutilide is an antiarrhythmic agent of:

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