Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2018
A 59-year-old man, a business manager, developed intense burning retrosternal pain that irradiates to the left arm. The pain occurred in the evening after the tax audit. 15 minutes later the patient’s condition normalized. What mechanism of angina pectoris development is leading in this patient?
Answer options
- ntravascular aggregation of blood cells
- Coronary artery thrombosis
- Functional cardiac overload
- Increased level of blood catecholamines
- Coronary atherosclerosis
Correct answer
Increased level of blood catecholamines
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