Cardiology

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

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

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

4. Central cyanosis is not found in:

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

6. Paroxysmal hypertension is classically found in:

7. Sphygmomanometer cannot diagnose:

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

9. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

10. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

11. Which of the following does not produce a continuous murmur over the chest?

12. Cardiac arrest may be due to:

13. Loud A2 is present in:

14. The ESR may be very low in all except:

15. Kussmaul’s sign is present in:

16. Pulsus bisferiens is found in:

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

18. The murmur of MS is:

19. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

20. Ventricular fibrillation is best treated by:

21. 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:

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

23. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

24. Pregnancy-associated hypertension should not be treated with:

25. CPK-MB is increased in all except:

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

27. All of the following drugs may be used in congestive cardiac failure except:

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

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

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

31. Sudden death may occur in:

32. Graham Steel murmur is found in:

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

34. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

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

36. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

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

38. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

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

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

41. When a patient of unstable angina worsens by nitroglycerine, the diagnosis is:

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

43. Pericardial rub is best audible in all except:

44. v-wave in JVP becomes prominent in:

45. Which one of the following is a centrally-acting antihypertensive drug?

46. Which is not a feature of atrial myxoma?

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

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

49. Acute pericarditis is a recognised complication of all except:

50. Which is false regarding juvenile mitral stenosis?