Cardiology

1. Graham Steel murmur is found in:

2. Radiofemoral delay is a feature of all except:

3. Commonest aetiology of tricuspid incompetence in clinical practice is:

4. All are cardiovascular features of severe anaemia except:

5. Incidence of infective endocarditis is least in:

6. Verapamil is indicated in all except:

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

8. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

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

10. The commonest organism producing acute bacterial endocarditis is:

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

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

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

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

15. All are true in severe PS except:

16. Which of the following is not a recognised risk factor for early atherosclerosis?

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

18. X-ray appearance of calcification of patent ductus arteriosus is:

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

20. Endomyocardial fibrosis may be due to:

21. Elfin facies (pointed chin; cupid’s bow-like upper lip, upturned nose) may be seen in:

22. Paroxysmal hypertension is classically found in:

23. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

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

25. Which is not a cause of wide and fixed splitting of S2?

26. Hyperthyroid heart disease is manifested by:

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

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

29. ‘Ausatltatory gap’ in BP measurement is:

30. Carey Coombs murmur is found in:

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

32. Exercise tolerance test is absolutely contraindicated in:

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

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

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

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

37. The commonest congenital heart disease is:

Water-hammer pulse is present when pulse pressure is at least
above?

39. The commonest cause of displacement of apex beat is:

40. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

41. JVP is usually increased in:

42. The ESR may be ‘zero’ in:

43. Which is false regarding dyspnoea?

44. S3 or S4 is best auscultated:

45. Familial myxomas may be a part of syndrome complex with endocrine overactivity like:

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

47. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

48. Kussmaul’s sign is present in:

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

50. ‘Hilar dance’ is characteristic of: