Cardiology

1. ‘Ausatltatory gap’ in BP measurement is:

2. Aortic arch syndrome is not associated with:

3. Hypocalcaemia arrests the heart in:

4. Indications for dosed mitral valvotomy include all except:

5. Regrading neck venous pulsation, which is false?

6. Syphilis may give rise to:

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

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

9. In critical MS, the mitral valve orifice is:

10. Differential cyanosis is found in:

11. Arterio-venous fistula is associated with:

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

13. The ECG finding in hypercalcaemia is:

14. The commonest cause of displacement of apex beat is:

15. S3 may be present in all except:

16. Which of the following is not advocated in the treatment of acute pulmonary oedema?

17. The Keith-Wagener-Barker classification for retinal changes is meant for:

18. ‘Syndrome-Z’ increases cardiovascular morbidity, and is associated with:

19. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

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

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

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

23. Haemoptysis may be found in:

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

25. The S2 in Fallot’s tetralogy:

26. Angio-oedema is not uncommon in treatment with:

27. S4 is not associated with:

28. Cardiac percussion is important in:

29. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

30. Clinically, the severity of MS is best assessed by:

31. Exercise tolerance test is absolutely contraindicated in:

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

33. Clinically, commonest type of shock is:

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

35. Endomyocardial fibrosis may be due to:

36. Which of the following gives rise to pulsation at the back?

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

38. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

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

40. Retrostemal chest pain classically occurs in all except:

41. Osler’s node is classically seen in:

42. Stethoscope was invented by:

43. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

44. The least common complication of MS is:

45. A pericardial friction rub may have any of the components except:

46. Cri-du-chat syndrome does not have:

47. Pulsus paradoxus is seen in all except:

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

49. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

50. Slow rising pulse is a feature of: