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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2007

A patient who suffers from acute myocarditis has clinical signs of cardiogenic shock. What of the under-mentioned pathogenetic mechanisms plays the main part in shock development?

Answer options

  1. Depositing of blood in organs
  2. Increase of peripheral vascular resistance
  3. Reduction of diastolic flow to the heart
  4. Decrease of vascular tone
  5. Disturbance of pumping ability of heart
Correct answer

Disturbance of pumping ability of heart

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