Category: Cardiology MCQ

Investigation of choice when the probability of coronary artery disease is more than 85%: a) Invasive coronary angiography b) CT coronary angiography c) Stress echo d) Nuclear imaging

Type II traumatic aortic injury is: a) Intimal tear b) Intramural hematoma c) Pseudoaneurysm d) Rupture

Forty eight hour mortality in un operated acute type A aortic dissection: a) 25% b) 50% c) 75% d) 90%

Anisosphymia (asymmetric pulses) is an important feature which makes one suspect aortic dissection in a person presenting with chest pain. What percentage of persons with aortic dissection have

Most specific feature of pain in aortic dissection: a) Abruptness of onset b) Location c) Radiation to back d) None of the above

Most common complication of EVAR (endovascular aortic repair): a) Aortic rupture b) Device migration c) Endoleak d) Infection

An insufficient proximal seal in TEVAR (thoracic endovascular repair) is: a) Type I endoleak b) Type II endoleak c) Type III endoleak d) Type IV endoleak

Blind spot of Trans esophageal echo (TEE) for aortic imaging: a) Proximal ascending aorta b) Distal ascending aorta c) Arch of aorta d) Proximal descending aorta

True regarding D-dimer assay in venous thromboembolism: a) Positive D-dimer assay has a high positive predictive value b) Negative D-dimer assay has a high negative predictive value c) ELISA derived assays

Most common anti thrombotic regimen for giant coronary aneurysms in Kawasaki disease: a) Low dose aspirin alone b) Low dose aspirin + warfarin c) Low molecular weight heparin d) Unfractionated heparin