Cardiology

1. Cardiac percussion is important in:

2. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

3. Arterio-venous fistula is associated with:

4. The ESR may be ‘zero’ in:

5. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

6. The disease with male preponderance is:

7. Increased level of which of the following is not a risk factor for lHD?

8. Still’s murmur is:

9. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure is increased in all except:

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

11. Verapamil is indicated in all except:

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

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

14. Opening snap is:

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

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

17. Loud A2 is present in:

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

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

20. Cardiac anomalies associated with tetralogy of Fallot are all except:

21. Syphilis may give rise to:

22. JVP is usually increased in:

23. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

24. 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:

25. Carey Coombs murmur is found in:

26. v-wave in JVP becomes prominent in:

27. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

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

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

30. A2 in aortic stenosis is characteristically:

31. Stethoscope was invented by:

32. Sphygmomanometer cannot diagnose:

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

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

35. Kussmaul’s sign is present in:

36. ‘Hilar dance’ is characteristic of:

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

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

39. Regrading neck venous pulsation, which is false?

40. Which is true in ‘maladie de Roger’?

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

42. The commonest cause of death in an adult with PDA is:

43. Classical JVP finding in cardiac tamponade is:

44. Graham Steel murmur is found in:

45. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

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

47. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

48. Left parasternal heave is diagnostic of:

49. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

50. Heart valve commonly affected by IV drug abusers is: