Cardiology

1. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

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

3. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

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

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

6. Cardiac arrest may be due to:

7. The sound best audible by the bell of a stethoscope is:

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

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

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

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

12. Myocarditis may be found in all except:

13. CPK-MB is increased in all except:

14. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

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

16. All are class I antiarrhythmic drugs except:

17. The ECG finding in hypercalcaemia is:

18. Syphilis may give rise to:

19. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

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

21. Commonest heart valve abnormality revealed after AMI is:

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

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

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

25. Bedside diagnosis of a classical case of SBE does not include:

26. Which of the following does not produce ‘fleeting’ arthritis?

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

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

29. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

30. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

31. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

32. Pulsus bisferiens is best perceived in which artery?

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

34. Which one is false regarding the presence of ejection click?

35. Incidence of infective endocarditis is least in:

36. The commonest congenital heart disease is:

37. Loud A2 is present in:

38. Drug to be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?

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

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

41. Clinically, commonest type of shock is:

42. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

43. Opening snap is:

44. Hyperthyroid heart disease is manifested by:

45. Murmur of floppy mitral valve increases with all except:

46. Pulsus paradoxus is seen in all except:

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

48. S3 may be present in all except:

49. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

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