Cardiology

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

2. The commonest organism producing acute bacterial endocarditis is:

3. Muffled S1 is found in alt except:

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

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

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

7. Which of the following is not recognised to be an acute phase reactant?

8. Which of the following is not a natural vasodilator?

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

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

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

12. The S2 in Fallot’s tetralogy:

13. Which drug prolongs life in chronic stable angina?

14. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

15. Which of the following is not a cause of sinus bradycardia?

16. Loud A2 is present in:

17. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

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

19. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

20. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

21. P-wave in ECG is absent in:

22. Which of the following beta-blockers is commonly used in heart failure?

23. The main use of norepinephrine is to treat:

24. All are commonly associated with ASD except:

25. Exercise tolerance test is absolutely contraindicated in:

26. Pulsus bisferiens is best perceived in which artery?

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

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

29. Intracardiac calcification usually indicates:

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

31. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

32. Carey Coombs murmur is found in:

33. Regrading neck venous pulsation, which is false?

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

35. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

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

37. Left atrial failure is featured by all except:

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

39. Coarctation of aorta may be associated with all except:

40. Drug to be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?

41. Earliest valvular lesion in acute rheumatic carditis is:

42. The ECG finding in hypercalcaemia is:

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

44. The least common complication of MS is:

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

46. v-wave in JVP becomes prominent in:

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

48. S3 may be present in all except:

49. A2 in aortic stenosis is characteristically:

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