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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2013

A 57-year-old male patient complains of dyspnea on exertion, heaviness in the right hypochondrium and shin edemata towards evening. Objectively: temperature - 38,1°C, HR- 20/min, HR=Ps=92/min, AP- 140/90 mm Hg. There is apparent kyphoscoliosis. In the lungs single dry rales can be auscultated. Heart sounds are muffled, rhythmic. ECG: Rv1 Sv5=15 mm. X-ray picture shows the bulging of pulmonary artery cone, right ventricle enlargement. What is the most likely cause of this condition?

Answer options

  1. Pulmonary heart
  2. Dilatation cardiomyopathy
  3. Atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis
  4. Mitral stenosis
  5. Primary pulmonary hypertension
Correct answer

Pulmonary heart

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