Cardiology

1. Syphilis may give rise to:

2. Which drug prolongs life in chronic stable angina?

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

4. Atrial myxomas may be associated with all except:

5. Hypocalcaemia arrests the heart in:

6. The murmur of MS is:

7. Which of the following gives rise to a heaving apex beat?

8. Which is not an example of vasospastic disorder?

9. Verapamil is indicated in all except:

10. Pulsus bisferiens is best perceived in which artery?

11. Still’s murmur is:

12. Haemoptysis may be found in:

13. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

14. The commonest congenital heart disease is:

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

16. Cardiac involvement is absent in:

17. Which enzyme rises earliest in AMI?

18. The commonest organism producing acute bacterial endocarditis is:

19. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

21. The commonest cause of death in an adult with PDA is:

22. Clinically, commonest type of shock is:

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

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

25. Pericardial rub is best audible in all except:

26. Central cyanosis is not found in:

27. S1, S2, S3 syndrome in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

31. Clubbing is not a feature of:

32. The disease with male preponderance is:

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

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

35. All of the following may have unidigital clubbing except:

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

37. v-wave in JVP becomes prominent in:

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

39. Exercise tolerance test is absolutely contraindicated in:

40. Cardiac syncope is characterised by:

41. Indications for dosed mitral valvotomy include all except:

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

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

44. Acute myocardial infarction of posterior wall of left ventricle will show in the ECG:

45. Which is least common in cardiac tamponade?

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

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

48. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

49. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

50. All are features of pericardial tamponade except: