Most common arrhythmia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM):
a) Ventricular tachycardia
b) Ventricular fibrillation
c) Atrial tachycardia
d) Atrial fibrillation
Influenza vaccination for CABG patients is a:
a) Class I recommendation
b) Class IIa recommendation
c) Class IIb recommendation
d) Class III recommendation
Hypotension and pulmonary edema in severe hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is treated with:
a) Dobutamine
b) Nitroglycerine
c) Metoprolol and noradrenaline
d) All of the above
Bariatric surgery is recommended for CABG patients if their BMI (body mass index) is more than:
a) Twenty kilograms per square meter body surface area
b) Twenty five kilograms per
Ventricular septal myectomy for relieving left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is known as:
a) Maron procedure
b) Morrow procedure
c) Braunwald procedure
d) Cox procedure
Class I indication for coronary angiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) as per 2014 ESC (European Society of Cardiology) guidelines:
a) Adult survivors of cardiac arrest
b) Sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia
c) Severe
Contraindications to beta blocker includes all except:
a) Bradycardia
b) Hypotension
c) Severe bronchospastic airway disease
d) Compensated heart failure
Recommended view for measuring left ventricular (LV) thickness by echocardiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM):
a) Parasternal long axis view by 2D
b) Parasternal long axis view by M-Mode
c) Short axis
Position used to prevent air lock in the right ventricle in air embolism:
a) Left lateral decubitus
b) Right lateral decubitus
c) Supine
d) None of the above
