Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2012
After a serious psychoemotional stress a 48-year-old patient suddenly developed acute heart ache irradiating to the left arm. Nitroglycerine relieved pain after 10 minutes. What is the leading pathogenetic mechanism of this process development?
Answer options
- Dilatation of peripheral vessels
- Spasm of coronary arteries
- Compression of coronary vessels
- Obstruction of coronary vessels
- Increase in myocardial oxygen consumption
Correct answer
Spasm of coronary arteries
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