Category: Cardiology

CABG risk factors for adverse outcome: advanced age, female gender, previous cardiovascular events, left ventricular function, hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Domino heart transplantation is: (a) Living donor heart transplantation (b) Donor undergoes heart lung transplantation (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: 3. Endomyocardial Biopsy Original methods to detect cardiac allograft rejection were signs of heart failure and ECG abnormalities. But these were quite insensitive. Endomyocardial biopsies are

Gold standard for detection of cardiac allograft rejection: (a) HLA Antibody estimation (b) Signs of heart failure (c) Endomyocardial biopsy (d) ECG (e) Echocardiography

True statement/s about LGE (late gadolinium enhancement) in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for scar in ventricular tachycardia: Answer: All of the above

Wrong statement about ventricular tachycardia - Cardiology MCQ: Answer: Majority of cases have no associated structural heart disease

True statement/s about LGE (late gadolinium enhancement) in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for scar in ventricular tachycardia: Ischemic scars are predominantly subendocardial Post inflammatory scars are predominantly sub

Wrong statement about ventricular tachycardia – Cardiology MCQ: Majority of cases have no associated structural heart disease Ventricular tachycardia is a major cause of sudden cardiac death Ablation

PR segment depression and PR-ST dissociation PR segment depression can occur in pericarditis and atrial infarction. Dissociation between PR and ST segments (PR-ST dissociation) can occur in pericarditis.

Measures to reduce radiation exposure during interventional procedures Important measures to reduce radiation exposure include: Lower the rate of fluoroscopy Minimize the use of cinefluoroscopy which has 10