Cardiology

1. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

2. The drug that is contraindicated in pregnancy-induced hypertension is:

3. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

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

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

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

7. lbutilide is an antiarrhythmic agent of:

8. Coronary atherosclerosis is not linked to:

9. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

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

11. Malar flush is found in all except:

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

13. Which enzyme rises earliest in AMI?

14. P-wave in ECG is absent in:

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

16. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

17. Hyperthyroid heart disease is manifested by:

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

19. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

20. Loud A2 is present in:

21. S3 or S4 is best auscultated:

22. All of the following may produce hemiplegia by cerebral embolism except:

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

24. Retrostemal chest pain classically occurs in all except:

25. RBBB with left axis deviation in ECG is characteristically seen in:

26. Classical JVP finding in cardiac tamponade is:

27. Which is least common in cardiac tamponade?

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

29. All are bedside differential diagnoses of MS except:

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

31. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

32. Cannon wave in the neck vein is seen in:

33. Ideally, the connecting tube of the stethoscope should be:

34. The normal blood volume in an adult male is approximately:

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

36. All of the following produce systemic hypertension except:

37. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

38. The least common complication of MS is:

39. Dressler’s syndrome results from:

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

41. Opening snap is:

42. S3 may be present in all except:

43. Coarctation of aorta may be associated with all except:

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

45. Regrading neck venous pulsation, which is false?

46. Osler’s node is classically seen in:

47. Clinically, commonest type of shock is:

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

49. Pulsus alternans is produced by:

50. Which of the following is false regarding complete heart block?