Aortic and Peripheral Arterial Disease

Previous year questions on Aortic and Peripheral Arterial Disease for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Medicine section of the exam.
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Q1.All the following agents may be used in the treatment of Aoic dissection , except
- APropranolol
- BDiazoxide
- CNa nitroprusside
- DLabetalol
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Q2.A 19 year old male came for routine physical examination prior to playing for a college basketball team. He takes no medications and has no allergies. In his family history his father & his uncle died at the age of around 40 with sudden cardiac death. However, his mother is healthy. O/E- his height is 195 cm, weight is 92 kg. He has pectus excavatum and arachnodactyly. A high-arched palate is present. He wears glasses for severe myopia and has had ectopia lentis on the right. A diastolic murmur is heard in the left third intercostal space. What will you advise him?
- AHe is not safe for further competitive basketball or other strenuous physical activities.
- BHe is safe to resume physical activity without further evaluation.
- CHe may continue to practice with the team while further evaluation with an echocardiogram, slit lamp examination, and genetic testing is performed.
- DHe should be placed on a b-blocker and then can resume physical activity.
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Q3.Manifestations of acute dissection include all of the following except
- APericardial tamponade
- BAR
- CMR
- DAMI
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Q4.Aortic dissection is associated with
- ASystemic hypertension
- BCoarctation of Aorta
- CIn 1st trimester of pregnancy
- DTakayasu's arteritis
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Q5.All of the following are true about Raynaud's disease, except:
- AMore, common in females
- BPositive Antinuclear Antibodies
- CMost common cause of Raynaud's phenomenon
- DHas good prognosis
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Q6.In Marfan's aortic aneurysm occurs in -
- AAscending aorta
- BArch of aorta
- CDescending aorta
- DAbdominal aorta
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Q7.A 45-year-old smoker patient presents with sudden onset unrelenting chest pain with loss of peripheral pulses. Lung fields are clear and has normal air entry. First differential diagnosis is?
- AMirizzi's syndrome
- BAcute aortic syndrome
- CAcute pericarditis
- DSpontaneous pneumothorax
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Q8.Agents recommended in treatment of aortic dissection are all except
- ABeta blockers
- BLabetalol
- CSodium nitroprusside
- DDiazoxide
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Q9.Color of hand change to following color, when a patient of Raynaud's disease puts his hand in cold water:
- AWhite
- BYellow
- CBlue
- DBlack.
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Q10.A 45-year-old tall, thin, male has acute onset of chest pain radiating into the back. In the emergency room his right radial pulse is bounding but his femoral pluses are absent. The most likely diagnosis is? SELECT ONE.
- AAortic insufficiency
- BAortic dissection
- CVentricular fibrillation
- DMitral insufficiency
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Q1: B. Diazoxide; Q2: A. He is not safe for further competitive basketball or other strenuous physical activities; Q3: C. MR; Q4: A. Systemic hypertension; Q5: B. Positive Antinuclear Antibodies; Q6: A. Ascending aorta; Q7: B. Acute aortic syndrome; Q8: D. Diazoxide; Q9: A. White; Q10: B. Aortic dissection.

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