Cardiology

1. Echocardiography can detect the presence of pericardial fluid as little as:

2. All are class I antiarrhythmic drugs except:

3. The “3-sign’ in chest roentgenogram diagnoses:

4. S3 or S4 is best auscultated:

5. Which does not produce a regularly irregular pulse?

6. The Keith-Wagener-Barker classification for retinal changes is meant for:

7. Which of the following heart sounds occurs shortly after S1?

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

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

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

11. Radiofemoral delay is a feature of all except:

12. Short PR interval in ECG is characteristic of:

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

14. ‘Hilar dance’ is characteristic of:

15. All of the following produce systemic hypertension except:

16. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

17. The ECG finding in hypercalcaemia is:

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

19. All are commonly associated with ASD except:

20. Muffled S1 is found in alt except:

21. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

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

23. A2 in aortic stenosis is characteristically:

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

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

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

27. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

28. Left parasternal heave is diagnostic of:

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

30. All are bedside differential diagnoses of MS except:

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

32. Cardiac arrest may be due to:

33. All are cardiovascular features of severe anaemia except:

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

35. Acute subendocardial infarction will have ECG findings:

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

37. Atrial myxomas may be associated with all except:

38. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

39. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

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

41. Differential cyanosis is found in:

42. All are true in severe PS except:

43. Major cardiovascular manifestation in cri-du-chat syndrome is:

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

45. All are features associated with an acute attack of PND except:

46. Which is false regarding dyspnoea?

47. Pulsus bisferiens is best perceived in which artery?

48. The drug that is contraindicated in pregnancy-induced hypertension is:

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

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