Cardiology

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

2. Intracardiac calcification usually indicates:

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

4. Janeway’s spot in SBE is found in:

5. Pulsus alternans is produced by:

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

7. Pulsus paradoxus is seen in all except:

8. Giant a-wave in neck vein is seen in:

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

10. Which of the following is false regarding complete heart block?

11. Differential cyanosis is found in:

12. All are true in severe PS except:

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

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

15. Which drug prolongs life in chronic stable angina?

16. v-wave in JVP becomes prominent in:

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

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

19. Congestive cardiac failure may be seen in all except:

20. Which is false regarding juvenile mitral stenosis?

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

22. Accelerated hypertension should not have:

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

24. Seagull murmur is not a feature of:

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

26. Left ventricular hypertrophy is not associated with:

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

28. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

29. Torsade de Pointes is associated with:

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

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

32. Regarding Kerley’s B lines, all of the following are true except:

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

34. Double apex in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is mainly due to:

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

36. Which of the following is present in most of the patients of SBE?

37. Reversed splitting of S2 is found in:

38. Clinically, commonest type of shock is:

39. Holt-Oram syndrome is characterized by:

40. Pulmonary regurgitation is never associated with:

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

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

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

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

45. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

47. Left parasternal heave is diagnostic of:

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

49. Digitalis toxicity is associated with all except:

50. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure is increased in all except: