Cardiology

1. Haemoptysis may be found in:

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

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

4. The ESR may be ‘zero’ in:

5. Intracardiac calcification usually indicates:

6. Which of the following is not a natural vasodilator?

7. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

8. Still’s murmur is:

9. Kussmaul’s sign is not a feature of:

10. Which is false regarding juvenile mitral stenosis?

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

12. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

13. Earliest valvular lesion in acute rheumatic carditis is:

14. All of the following are common arrhythmias developing from AMI except:

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

16. Congestive cardiac failure may be seen in all except:

17. The commonest congenital heart disease is:

18. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

19. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

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

21. In critical MS, the mitral valve orifice is:

22. Which is not a feature of atrial myxoma?

23. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

24. Paroxysmal hypertension is classically found in:

25. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

26. Sphygmomanometer cannot diagnose:

27. Retrostemal chest pain classically occurs in all except:

28. During cardiopulmonary resuscitation, external defibrillation by DC shock is done with:

29. All are cardiovascular features of severe anaemia except:

30. Long tubular heart in X-ray chest is found in all except:

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

32. Pulsus bisferiens is found in:

33. 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:

34. Cardiac syncope is characterised by:

35. U-wave in EGG is characteristically found in:

36. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

37. Muffled S1 is found in alt except:

38. All are features of pericardial tamponade except:

39. Arterio-venous fistula is associated with:

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

41. Atrial myxomas may be associated with all except:

42. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

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

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

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

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

47. Carey Coombs murmur is found in:

48. S3 may be present in all except:

49. Which of the following beta-blockers is commonly used in heart failure?

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