Cardiology

1. Prolonged QT interval in ECG is found in all except:

2. The commonest organism producing acute bacterial endocarditis is:

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

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

5. Arterio-venous fistula is associated with:

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

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

8. Muffled S1 is found in alt except:

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

10. Exercise tolerance test is absolutely contraindicated in:

11. Aortic arch syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

14. Intracardiac calcification usually indicates:

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

16. Which of the following drugs raises HDL cholesterol?

17. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

18. Which is the commonest congenital cardiac lesion in Down’s syndrome?

19. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

20. JVP is usually increased in:

21. v-wave in JVP becomes prominent in:

22. Atrial myxomas may be associated with all except:

23. Which of the following drugs is not used in hypoxic spells of Fallot’s tetralogy?

24. Dressler’s syndrome results from:

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

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

27. A2 in aortic stenosis is characteristically:

28. Which is least common in cardiac tamponade?

29. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

30. lbutilide is an antiarrhythmic agent of:

31. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

32. Still’s murmur is:

33. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

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

35. Propranolol can be used in all except:

36. Which one of the following is false regarding Austin Flint murmur?

37. Which one of the following is a centrally-acting antihypertensive drug?

38. Cardiomyopathy may follow treatment with:

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

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

41. All of the following are causes of intermittent claudication except:

42. All are cardiovascular features of severe anaemia except:

43. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

44. Short PR interval in ECG is characteristic of:

45. High-volume double-peaked pulse is found in all except:

46. 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:

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

48. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

49. ‘Diastolic shock’ is not found in:

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