Cardiology

1. Pseudoclaudication is due to compression of:

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

3. Intracardiac calcification usually indicates:

4. AR with low pulse pressure is found in all except:

5. All are class I antiarrhythmic drugs except:

6. Unilateral clubbing is found in all except:

7. Which of the following is not an aetiology of MR?

8. Long tubular heart in X-ray chest is found in all except:

9. Which of the following does not lead to Eisenmenger’s syndrome?

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

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

12. Which of the following is the least important cause of dissection of aorta?

13. The least common complication of MS is:

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

15. Acute pericarditis is a recognised complication of all except:

16. The S2 in Fallot’s tetralogy:

17. A2 in aortic stenosis is characteristically:

18. Roth spot is found in alt except:

19. Earliest valvular lesion in acute rheumatic carditis is:

20. Aortic arch syndrome is not associated with:

21. Treatment by heparin is best monitored by:

22. Pulsus bisferiens is best perceived in which artery?

23. Which of the following does not produce a continuous murmur over the chest?

24. Pulsus alternans is produced by:

25. Indications for dosed mitral valvotomy include all except:

26. In coarctation of aorta, rib notching is seen in:

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

28. All are cardiovascular features of severe anaemia except:

29. All of the following may have unidigital clubbing except:

30. Loud A2 is present in:

31. Muffled S1 is found in alt except:

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

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

34. Murmur of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is decreased by:

35. Bedside diagnosis of a classical case of SBE does not include:

36. All are true in severe PS except:

37. Malar flush is found in all except:

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

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

40. Seagull murmur is not a feature of:

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

42. The murmur of MS is:

43. Left atrial failure is featured by all except:

44. Which enzyme rises earliest in AMI?

45. The ESR may be ‘zero’ in:

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

47. A very close differential diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis at the bedside is:

48. Most common cardiac lesion in carcinoid syndrome is:

49. The action of digitalis is augmented by:

50. Digitalis toxicity is precipitated by all except: