CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY
MCQ
6th Year
By Professor
Amr El Meligi
Professor of internal medicine
Cairo University
,I General
,1) One of the following is WRONG
a) Decubitus is the position of the patient in bed
b) Orthopnea is dyspnea on laying supine in bed which improves or recover on sitting
c) Mohamedan prayer position is preferred in patients with left sided heart failure
d) Squatting position is taken by F4 patients to prevent cyanotic spells
How to study? Read every answer eg decubitus → refer to the text to know its definition, the same for orthopnea
the diseases that make the patient prefer Mohamedan prayer position. Refer to F4 and read what are the cyanotic
how does the patient avoid it.
2) Causes of fever in a 16 year old girl with mitral stenosis and double aortic lesion:
a) Rheumatic activity
b) Infective endocarditis
c) Bronchopulmonary infection
d) Any of the above
How to study? Read causes of fever in cardiac patient and specifically in a patient with valve lesion. What do you t
the etiology of the patient heart disease? She has mitral stenosis which denotes that her heart disease is rheumat
affection of more than one valve (mitral & Aortic valves) and double valve lesion (Aortic V) with the rheumatic eti
, 3) Hands examination in cardiac patients
a) Warm hands in Eisenmenger syndrome
b) Cold hands in severe aortic stenosis
c) Fine tremors in thyrotoxic heart failure
d) Any of the above
How to study? Refer to your text for causes of warm hands and cold hands in cardiac patient. Refer to
Eisenmenger syndrome what are the changes in the hand in this condition. Fine tremors in outstretched hands i
one of the signs of hyperthyroidism. How can you examine the temp of hands: feel the temp of the hand by the
back of your hand compare both sides then from distal to proximal on every side
4) One of the following regarding sweating in hands in cardiac patient is CORRECT:
a) In cardiac neurosis sweating is present in palms and back of the hands
b) In thyrotoxicosis sweating is present in palms and back of the hands
c) In cardiac neurosis sweating is present in back of the hands only
d) In thyrotoxicosis sweating is present in palms only
MCQ
6th Year
By Professor
Amr El Meligi
Professor of internal medicine
Cairo University
,I General
,1) One of the following is WRONG
a) Decubitus is the position of the patient in bed
b) Orthopnea is dyspnea on laying supine in bed which improves or recover on sitting
c) Mohamedan prayer position is preferred in patients with left sided heart failure
d) Squatting position is taken by F4 patients to prevent cyanotic spells
How to study? Read every answer eg decubitus → refer to the text to know its definition, the same for orthopnea
the diseases that make the patient prefer Mohamedan prayer position. Refer to F4 and read what are the cyanotic
how does the patient avoid it.
2) Causes of fever in a 16 year old girl with mitral stenosis and double aortic lesion:
a) Rheumatic activity
b) Infective endocarditis
c) Bronchopulmonary infection
d) Any of the above
How to study? Read causes of fever in cardiac patient and specifically in a patient with valve lesion. What do you t
the etiology of the patient heart disease? She has mitral stenosis which denotes that her heart disease is rheumat
affection of more than one valve (mitral & Aortic valves) and double valve lesion (Aortic V) with the rheumatic eti
, 3) Hands examination in cardiac patients
a) Warm hands in Eisenmenger syndrome
b) Cold hands in severe aortic stenosis
c) Fine tremors in thyrotoxic heart failure
d) Any of the above
How to study? Refer to your text for causes of warm hands and cold hands in cardiac patient. Refer to
Eisenmenger syndrome what are the changes in the hand in this condition. Fine tremors in outstretched hands i
one of the signs of hyperthyroidism. How can you examine the temp of hands: feel the temp of the hand by the
back of your hand compare both sides then from distal to proximal on every side
4) One of the following regarding sweating in hands in cardiac patient is CORRECT:
a) In cardiac neurosis sweating is present in palms and back of the hands
b) In thyrotoxicosis sweating is present in palms and back of the hands
c) In cardiac neurosis sweating is present in back of the hands only
d) In thyrotoxicosis sweating is present in palms only
