Cardiology

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

2. Which enzyme rises earliest in AMI?

3. Propranolol can be used in all except:

4. Which of the following is not found in constrictive pericarditis?

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

6. Central cyanosis is not found in:

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

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

9. Which drug prolongs life in chronic stable angina?

10. Carey Coombs murmur is found in:

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

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

13. All of the following produce systemic hypertension except:

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

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

16. Hypocalcaemia arrests the heart in:

17. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

18. Ventricular fibrillation is best treated by:

19. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

20. ‘Ausatltatory gap’ in BP measurement is:

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

22. Which one of the following is false regarding Austin Flint murmur?

23. Boot-shaped heart with oligaemic lung fields is found in:

24. Clubbing is not a feature of:

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

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

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

28. Kussmaul’s sign is present in:

29. Which is not a feature of atrial myxoma?

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

31. Which is false regarding juvenile mitral stenosis?

32. Which is not an example of vasospastic disorder?

33. Myocarditis may be found in all except:

34. Concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is usually found in:

35. Commonest heart valve abnormality revealed after AMI is:

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

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

38. Cardiac percussion is important in:

39. CPK-MB is increased in all except:

40. Lutembacher’s syndrome is:

41. Pulsus bisferiens is found in:

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

43. Reversed splitting of S2 is found in:

44. Indications for dosed mitral valvotomy include all except:

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

46. The disease with male preponderance is:

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

48. The murmur of MS is:

49. The least common complication of MS is:

50. All of the following are characteristics of right ventricular infarction except: