Cardiology

1. Which one is false regarding the floppy mitral valve?

2. Arterio-venous fistula is associated with:

3. All are features of pericardial tamponade except:

4. ‘Fallot’s pentalogy’ is Fallot’s tetralogy plus:

5. Pulsus alternans is produced by:

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

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

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

9. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

10. The ESR may be ‘zero’ in:

11. Graham Steel murmur is found in:

12. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

13. Janeway’s spot in SBE is found in:

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

15. S3 or S4 is best auscultated:

16. Malar flush is found in all except:

17. The least common complication of MS is:

18. Which of the following does not lead to Eisenmenger’s syndrome?

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

20. Paroxysmal hypertension is classically found in:

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

22. Cardiac percussion is important in:

23. Hyperthyroid heart disease is manifested by:

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

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

26. In a patient with MS in sinus rhythm, the severity of valvular lesion is indicated by:

27. Which does not produce a regularly irregular pulse?

28. Stethoscope was invented by:

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

30. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

31. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

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

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

34. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

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

36. Giant a-wave in neck vein is seen in:

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

38. S3 may be present in all except:

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

40. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

41. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

42. Which is not an example of vasospastic disorder?

43. Hypocalcaemia arrests the heart in:

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

45. Differential diagnoses of ASD at the bedside are all except:

46. Which of the following is not included in ‘minor manifestation’ of Jones criteria in rheumatic fever?

47. Increased PR interval is observed in:

48. Reversed splitting of S2 is found in:

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

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