Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2007
A 39 y.o. patient complains of having dyspnea during physical activity, crus edemata, palpitation, heart intermissions. Objectively: HR is 150 bpm, atrial fibrillation. Heart is both ways enlarged. Heart sounds are muted. Liver is 6 cm below the costal margin. Echocardiogram reveals dilatation of heart chambers (end diastolic volume of left ventricle is 6,8 cm) is 29% EF, valve apparatus is unchanged. What is the most probable diagnosis?
Answer options
- Exudative pericarditis
- Thyreotoxic cardiomyopathy
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Correct answer
Dilated cardiomyopathy
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