Advanced Clinical Series
Test your knowledge on advanced cardiovascular pathologies, pharmacology, and ECG findings.
1.
Most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes?
2.
ECG finding in hypokalemia:
3.
Ticagrelor mechanism of action:
4.
Most common type of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD):
5.
Kussmaul sign is classically seen in:
6.
Beck’s triad includes:
7.
First-line therapy for symptomatic HOCM:
8.
Dabigatran antidote:
9.
Aortic regurgitation murmur characteristics:
10.
Stanford Type A dissection involves the:
11.
WPW syndrome ECG hallmark:
12.
Brugada syndrome ECG finding in V1-V3:
13.
HFrEF (Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction) is defined by an EF of:
14.
Most common benign primary cardiac tumor in adults:
A) Rhabdomyoma
B) Myxoma
C) Fibroma
D) Lipoma
15.
Most frequent location of cardiac myxoma:
A) Right atrium
B) Left atrium
C) Right ventricle
D) Left ventricle
16.
Dressler syndrome is:
A) Post-MI fibrinous pericarditis
B) Rupture of papillary muscle
C) Ventricular pseudoaneurysm
D) Atrial fibrillation
17.
Sacubitril mechanism:
A) ACE inhibitor
B) Neprilysin inhibitor
C) Aldosterone antagonist
D) Beta-blocker
18.
The CHA2DS2-VASc score evaluates:
A) Bleeding risk in DVT
B) Stroke risk in AF
C) Mortality in STEMI
D) Risk of sudden cardiac death
19.
Infective endocarditis (IE) in IV drug users most commonly affects which valve?
A) Mitral
B) Aortic
C) Tricuspid
D) Pulmonary
20.
Pulsus paradoxus definition:
B) >10 mmHg rise in systolic BP during inspiration
C) Alternating strong and weak beats
D) Delayed radial pulse
21.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is also known as:
A) Broken heart syndrome
B) Holiday heart syndrome
C) Athlete’s heart
D) Cor pulmonale
22.
Primary indication for TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement):
A) Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis
B) Severe mitral regurgitation
C) Aortic dissection
D) Bicuspid aortic valve
23.
Diagnostic biomarker for heart failure:
A) Troponin I
B) BNP / NT-proBNP
C) D-dimer
D) CRP
24.
Antihypertensive contraindicated in bilateral renal artery stenosis:
A) Calcium channel blockers
B) ACE inhibitors
C) Beta-blockers
D) Thiazides
25.
Classic sign of digoxin toxicity on ECG:
A) Salvador Dali sagging ST segment
B) Osborne waves
C) Peaked T waves
D) Electrical alternans