Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2006
On the 3rd day after the acute anterior myocardial infarction a 55 y.o. patient complains of dull ache behind his breast bone, that can be reduced by bendi- ng forward, and of dyspnea. Objectively: AP- 140/180 mm Hg, heart sounds are dull. ECG results: atrial fibrillation wi- th frequence of ventricular contractions at the rate of 110/min, pathological Q wave and S-T segment raising in the ri- ght chest leads. The patient refused from thrombolisis. What is the most probable diagnosis?
Answer options
- Dressler’s syndrome
- Acute pericarditis
- Dissecting aortic aneurysm
- Tietze’s syndrome
- Pulmonary embolism
Correct answer
Acute pericarditis
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