Cardiology

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

2. Myocarditis may be found in all except:

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

4. Coronary atherosclerosis is not linked to:

5. Stethoscope was invented by:

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

7. Drug to be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?

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

9. Sudden death may occur in:

10. Sphygmomanometer cannot diagnose:

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

12. Major cardiovascular manifestation in cri-du-chat syndrome is:

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

14. Atrial myxomas may be associated with all except:

15. Cannon wave in the neck vein is seen in:

16. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

17. ‘Hilar dance’ is characteristic of:

18. Kussmaul’s sign is present in:

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

20. Angio-oedema is not uncommon in treatment with:

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

22. Hyperthyroid heart disease is manifested by:

23. Classical JVP finding in cardiac tamponade is:

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

25. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except:

26. Which does not produce a regularly irregular pulse?

27. ‘Ausatltatory gap’ in BP measurement is:

28. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

29. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

30. Varying intensity of S1 is found in all except:

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

32. Still’s murmur is:

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

34. Torsade de Pointes is associated with:

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

36. Differential diagnoses of ASD at the bedside are all except:

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

38. Carey Coombs murmur is found in:

39. Eisenmenger’s syndrome should not have:

40. Increased PR interval is observed in:

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

42. Pregnancy-associated hypertension should not be treated with:

43. Commonest congenital cyanotic heart disease with cyanosis at birth is:

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

45. Left parasternal heave is diagnostic of:

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

47. Which is least common in cardiac tamponade?

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

49. S3 or S4 is best auscultated:

50. Hill’s sign is diagnostic of: