Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2010
A 30-year-old patient complains of breathlessness, pain in the right rib arc region, dry cough and the edema of legs. He is ill for 2 months. He had been treated for rheumatic fever without any effect. On exam: cyanosis, edema of legs, BT of 36,6°C, RR of 28/min, HR of 90/min, BP of 110/80 mm Hg, crackles above low parts of both lungs, heart borders are displaced to the left and to the right, weak sounds, systolic murmur above the apex. What is the preliminary diagnosis?
Answer options
- Acute pericarditis
- Acute myocarditis
- Rheumatic fever, mitral stenosis
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Infectious endocarditis
Correct answer
Dilated cardiomyopathy
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