Cardiology

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

2. Which chamber of heart fails first in MS?

3. Kussmaul’s sign is present in:

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

5. Which is not a feature of atrial myxoma?

6. S3 or S4 is best auscultated:

7. Myocarditis may be found in all except:

8. Pericardial rub is best audible in all except:

9. The disease with male preponderance is:

10. Which is not a predisposing factor for dissecting aneurysm of aorta?

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

12. Retrostemal chest pain classically occurs in all except:

13. The chance of SBE is lowest in:

Water-hammer pulse is present when pulse pressure is at least
above?

15. Holt-Oram syndrome is characterized by:

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

17. Loud A2 is present in:

18. Left parasternal heave is diagnostic of:

19. U-wave in EGG is characteristically found in:

20. Reversed splitting of S2 is found in:

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

22. The commonest organism producing acute bacterial endocarditis is:

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

24. Lutembacher’s syndrome is:

25. Which of the following is not a ‘Major manifestation’ of Jones criteria in rheumatic fever?

26. All of the following may have unidigital clubbing except:

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

28. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

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

30. All of the following produce systemic hypertension except:

31. Stethoscope was invented by:

32. Arterio-venous fistula is associated with:

33. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

34. Increased PR interval is observed in:

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

36. Hill’s sign is diagnostic of:

37. Which of the following is the least important cause of dissection of aorta?

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

39. The commonest congenital heart disease is:

40. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

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

42. Haemoptysis may be found in:

43. Drug to be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?

44. Pulsus bisferiens is found in:

45. X-ray appearance of calcification of patent ductus arteriosus is:

46. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

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

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

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

50. Cardiac syncope is characterised by: