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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2007

Examination of coronary arteries revealed atherosclerotic plaques with calcification that close tle lumen by 1/3. The muscle contains multiple small whitish layers of connective tissue. What process was revealed in myocardium?

Answer options

  1. Postinfarction cardiosclerosis
  2. Myocardium infarction
  3. Tiger heart
  4. Myocarditis
  5. Diffuse cardiosclerosis
Correct answer

Diffuse cardiosclerosis

Explanation

Cardiosclerosis means replacement of cardiac tissue with connective-tissue (whitish-layer) and diffuse indicates multiple foci.

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