Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2004
A patient, aged 50, during 15 years is ill with essential hypertension, not under treatment. BP - 220/140 mm Hg, Ps - 80bmp, rhythmic. On percussion: the left heart border is 2 cm to the outside from the left midclavicular line. Sound 1 is moderately weakened. Sound 2 is accentuated over the pulmonary artery. What changes will be characteristic on ultrasound heart examination?
Answer options
- Dilatation of the left atrium
- Blood regurgitation through the mitral valve
- Blood regurgitation through the aortic valve
- Hypertrophy and dilatation of the left ventricle
- Hypertrophy and dilatation of the right ventricle
Correct answer
Hypertrophy and dilatation of the left ventricle
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