(Single Best Answer) Question 1: Higher risk of sudden cardiac death is predicted by which one of the following features on exercise testing ?
A) lower resting heart rate B) large increments in heart rate during exercise C) lower increments in heart rate during first minute of recovery D) lower decrement in heart rate during first minute of recovery Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) wilson central terminal B) combined output of right arm and left foot electrodes C) left arm D) combined output of right arm, left arm and left food electrodes Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) quinolones and chloramphenicol B) chloramphenicol, ampicillin and trimethoprim C) ciprofloxacin, ampicillin and ceftriaxone D) nalidixic acid and chloramphenicol Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) atypical AVNRT B) AVRT with slowly conducting pathway C) orthodromic AVRT D) sinus node re-entry Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 5: In which of the following category of patients with CHD does coronary bypass surgery result in improved survival ?
A) mild ischemia, two vessel disease, ejection fraction more than 50% B) mild ischemia, two vessel disease(LCX and RCA), ejection fraction < 50% C) mild ischemia, triple vessel involvement, ejection fraction less than 50% D) moderate ischemia, two vessel disease, ejection fraction more than 50% Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 6: Regarding digoxin Assertion: it controls ventricular response in CHF patients with atrial fibrillation Reason: it has vagolytic action
A) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion B) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion C) Assertion is true, but Reason is false D) Assertion is false, but Reason is true Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) it is more common in females B) most patients are symptomatic C) it has a benign clinical course D) transient cerebral ischemia is a known complication Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) antiphase I IgG antibody titre for Coxiella brunetti > 1 : 800 B) new partial dehiscence of prosthetic valve C) single positive blood culture for coagulase negative staphylococci D) rheumatoid factor Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 9: In a patient with chronic congestive cardiac failure, all of the following drugs prolong survival except ?
A) metoprolol B) carvedilol C) enalapril D) digoxin Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) is an orally acting direct thrombin inhibitor B) requires dose adjustments with APTT levels C) excreted mainly through hepatic metabolism D) is a synthetic pentasaccharide that inhibits factor Xa Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):