Cardiology

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

2. ‘Fallot’s pentalogy’ is Fallot’s tetralogy plus:

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

4. S4 is not associated with:

5. Which drug prolongs life in chronic stable angina?

6. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

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

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

9. Radiofemoral delay is a feature of all except:

10. Left atrial failure is featured by all except:

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

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

13. Reversed splitting of S2 is found in:

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

15. The S2 in Fallot’s tetralogy:

16. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

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

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

19. Left parasternal heave is diagnostic of:

20. lbutilide is an antiarrhythmic agent of:

21. Which of the following does not lead to Eisenmenger’s syndrome?

22. Increased PR interval is observed in:

23. Graham Steel murmur is found in:

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

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

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

27. S3 may be present in all except:

28. Arterio-venous fistula is associated with:

29. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

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

31. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

32. JVP is usually increased in:

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

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

35. Which is not a feature of atrial myxoma?

36. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

37. Commonest aetiology of tricuspid incompetence in clinical practice is:

38. Right axis deviation in ECG is found in:

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

40. Retrostemal chest pain classically occurs in all except:

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

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

43. Which one is false regarding the presence of ejection click?

44. All are helpful in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy except:

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

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

47. Pulsus bisferiens is best perceived in which artery?

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

49. All are commonly associated with ASD except:

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