Cardiology

1. Pericardial rub is best audible in all except:

2. Which of the following is not included in ‘minor manifestation’ of Jones criteria in rheumatic fever?

3. The S2 in Fallot’s tetralogy:

4. The drug of choice in acute management of PSVT is:

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

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

7. Diagnosis of AMI within 6 hrs depends on:

8. Murmur of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is decreased by:

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

10. Holt-Oram syndrome is characterized by:

11. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

12. Seagull murmur is not a feature of:

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

14. All of the following produce systemic hypertension except:

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

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

17. The drug that is contraindicated in pregnancy-induced hypertension is:

18. All of the following are common arrhythmias developing from AMI except:

19. Acute myocardial infarction of posterior wall of left ventricle will show in the ECG:

20. Central cyanosis is not found in:

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

22. Delta wave in ECG is found in:

23. Cardiac anomalies associated with tetralogy of Fallot are all except:

24. JVP is usually increased in:

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

26. Cardiac arrest may be due to:

27. Verapamil is indicated in all except:

28. Lutembacher’s syndrome is:

29. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

30. Ideally, the connecting tube of the stethoscope should be:

31. S4 is not associated with:

32. ‘Absolute’ contraindication to thrombolytic therapy in AMI is:

33. ‘Ausatltatory gap’ in BP measurement is:

34. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

35. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

36. The ECG finding in hypercalcaemia is:

37. Haemoptysis may be found in:

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

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

40. 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:

41. Cardiac involvement is absent in:

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

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

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

45. Clubbing is not a feature of:

46. In right ventricular myocardial infarction, which of the following additional therapies is needed?

47. Which of the following is not a recognised risk factor for early atherosclerosis?

48. Electrical alternans in ECG is seen in:

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

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