Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2008
A 50-year-old woman complains about dull cardiac pain, asphyxia, body temperature rise up to 38°C. She had influenza a week ago. Objectively: Ps -100 bpm, dropped-beat pulse during inspiration. AP - 100/70 mm Hg, heart sounds are muffled. ECG: reduced voltage, ST segment is above the isoline in all leads. X-ray picture shows extensively enlarged cardiac silhouette. Palmus is of small amplitude. What is the most probable diagnosis?
Answer options
- Dilatation cardiomyopathy
- Stenocardia
- Myocarditis
- Exudative pericarditis
- Myocardium infarction
Correct answer
Exudative pericarditis
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