Cardiology

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

2. Coarctation of aorta may be associated with all except:

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

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

5. When a patient of unstable angina worsens by nitroglycerine, the diagnosis is:

6. Still’s murmur is:

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

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

9. Ventricular fibrillation is best treated by:

10. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

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

12. 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:

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

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

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

16. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

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

18. Differential cyanosis is found in:

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

20. Increased PR interval is observed in:

21. Roth spot is found in alt except:

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

23. All are bedside differential diagnoses of MS except:

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

25. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

26. Pericardial rub is best audible in all except:

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

28. Short PR interval in ECG is characteristic of:

29. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

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

31. Lutembacher’s syndrome is:

32. Pulsus bisferiens is found in:

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

34. Drug to be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?

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

36. All are features of pericardial tamponade except:

37. Coronary atherosclerosis is not linked to:

38. Which is least common in cardiac tamponade?

39. Torsade de Pointes is associated with:

40. Which of the following does not produce ‘fleeting’ arthritis?

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

42. Incidence of infective endocarditis is least in:

43. Cardiac involvement is absent in:

44. Aortic arch syndrome is not associated with:

45. Which drug prolongs life in chronic stable angina?

46. In right ventricular myocardial infarction, which of the following additional therapies is needed?

47. Which one is false regarding the presence of ejection click?

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

49. Dressler’s syndrome results from:

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