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
Advantage of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) in for hypertension with left ventricular dysfunction:
a) Reduced myocardial fibrosis
b) Prevention of ventricular remodeling
c) Reduction in arrhythmia
d) All of the above
Perioperative use of beta blockers in CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting) is a:
a) Class I recommendation
b) Class IIa recommendation
c) Class IIb recommendation
d) Class III recommendation
Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) obstruction with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) would favour a diagnosis of:
a) Danon disease
b) Anderson-Fabry disease
c) Noonan syndrome
d) Pompe disease
