Category: Cardiology

DAPT study has shown that extended (30 months) dual antiplatelet therapy after drug eluting stents can reduce myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis at a cost of higher bleeding

Many physicians used to give supplemental oxygen in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction to the emergency department. The AVOID study has questioned this conventional wisdom of using

According to J-CTO score score, the probability of guide wire crossing an easy lesion in thirty minutes is: a) 90% b) 80% c) 70% d) 60%

Gene responsible for familial WPW syndrome: a) KCNJ5 b) HERG c) PRKAG2 d) None of the above

Ellis-van Creveld syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder with single atrium as the hallmark cardiovascular defect, seen in 60% of the cases.

Most common cardiac anomaly in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome: a) Ventricular septal defect b) Patent ductus arteriosus c) Single atrium d) Single ventricle

Preferred add on therapy in heart failure to ACEI and beta blockers: a) ARB b) Mineralocorticoid antagonist c) Renin antagonist d) None of the above

Omapatrilat inhibits: a) Angiotensin converting enzyme b) Neprilysin c) Aminopeptidase P d) All of the above

Which of the following beta blocker in heart failure had no benefit?? a) Carvedilol b) Metoprolol extended release c) Nebivolol d) Bucindolol

Asystole is not seen in type ... of neurocardiogenic syncope: a) Type I b) Type IIa c) Type IIb d) None of the above