CARDIOLOGY
Diagnostic test for CAD when LBBB is present
Vasodilator stress myocardial perfusion imaging
Most common cause of abnormal liver enzymes
MASLD
Most likely cause of isolated mild asymptomatic neutropenia in a patient of African descent.
Duffy-null associated neutrophil count (DANC), also called Duffy-null–associated neutropenia.
Name of classification used for Barrett's Esophagus?
Prague
Who performed the first kidney transplant?
Joseph Murray
ACS in a young woman during the peripartum period.What is the most likely diagnosis ?
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
First test to evaluate dyspepsia in patients aged <60 years
H.pylori testing
Treatment for isolated 5q deletion syndrome?
Lenalidomide
What is Classification used for grading severity of ascending cholangitis
Tokyo Criteria
Who discovered Rabies vaccine?
Louis Pasteur
What are the indications for an aldosterone antagonist after STEMI
LVEF ≤40% and either HF symptoms or diabetes
Preferred test for histologic confirmation of pancreatic cancer
EUS-guided FNAB
MDS therapy that decreases transfusion requirements and AML conversion risk
Hypomethylating agent (azacytidine or decitabine)
What is the name of the criteria used for diagnosing Wlson's disease
Leipzig criteria
This Peruvian medical student died in 1885 after intentionally inoculating himself with material from a verruga peruana lesion, helping establish its relationship to Oroya fever.
Daniel Alcides Carrion
In asymptomatic patients, what are the indications for repair in chronic severe primary mitral regurgitation
Asymptomatic and EF < 60%, and/or LV end-systolic diameter > 40 mm
Rifaximin, Alosetron, and Eluxadoline
Platelet-lowering drug that is less leukemogenic than hydroxyurea
Anagrelide
Criteria used for staging of Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)
Barcelona Clinic liver classification(BCLC)
The first case of COVID-19 was recorded in the US state
Snohomish County , Washington
This landmark heart-failure trial showed that hydralazine–isosorbide dinitrate produced a significant mortality benefit in Black patients with NYHA class III–IV heart failure
A-HeFT (African-American Heart Failure Trial)
What are the indications for treatment for Hepatitis B? Mention three
Acute Liver Failure, immune-active or reactivation phase, immunosuppression, cirrhosis, pregnant patients with viral load >200,000 U/mL in the third trimester
This medication was studied in the BELIEVE trial and reduced transfusion burden in patients with transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia
Luspatercept
Name of criteria used in diagnosing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Budapest criteria
Who performed the first human-to-human heart transplant?
Christiaan Barnard, December 3, 1967, in South Africa