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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2010

A 60-year-old patient complains about asphyxia, palpitation, rapid fati-guability. He has 8 year history of essential hypertension. Objectively: the left cardiac border is 2 cm deviated to the left from the medioclavicular line, heart sounds are rhythmic and weak; there is diastolic shock above aorta. AP- 170/100 mm Hg. Liver - 2 cm; shin pastosity is present. ECG shows deviation of cardiac axis to the left, left ventricle hypertrophy. Ejection fraction - 63%. What type of cardiac insufficiency is observed?

Answer options

  1. Combined
  2. Diastolic
  3. It’s a norm
  4. Unspecified
  5. Systolic
Correct answer

Diastolic

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