Cardiology

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

2. Sudden death may occur in all of the following except:

3. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

4. Earliest valvular lesion in acute rheumatic carditis is:

5. Cardiac syncope is characterised by:

6. A very close differential diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis at the bedside is:

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

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

9. 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:

10. Differential cyanosis is found in:

11. Indications for dosed mitral valvotomy include all except:

12. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

13. Which is false regarding dyspnoea?

14. Paroxysmal hypertension is classically found in:

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

16. Pericardial rub is best audible in all except:

17. Long tubular heart in X-ray chest is found in all except:

18. Ventricular fibrillation is best treated by:

19. Acute subendocardial infarction will have ECG findings:

20. Which is least common in cardiac tamponade?

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

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

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

24. Dressler’s syndrome results from:

25. Left parasternal heave is diagnostic of:

26. Osler’s node is classically seen in:

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

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

29. Pedal pulse is ‘absent’ in all except:

30. Regarding Kerley’s B lines, all of the following are true except:

31. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

32. The least common complication of MS is:

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

34. Increased PR interval is observed in:

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

36. Commonest congenital cyanotic heart disease with cyanosis at birth is:

37. Intracardiac calcification usually indicates:

38. All are features associated with an acute attack of PND except:

39. The S2 in Fallot’s tetralogy:

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

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

42. Which is not a feature of atrial myxoma?

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

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

45. Janeway’s spot in SBE is found in:

46. Kussmaul’s sign is present in:

47. Which of the following heart sounds occurs shortly after S1?

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

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

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