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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2014

A 43-year-old female patient complains of dyspnea, swelling of legs, abdomen enlargement, pricking heart pain. She has a history of tuberculous bronchadenitis, quinsies. The patient’s condition deteriorated 6 months ago. Objectively: cyanosis, bulging neck veins, vesicular breathing. Heart borders are not displaced. Heart sounds are muffled, Ps-106/min, liver is +4 cm, ascites is present. Low voltage on the ECG has been revealed. Radiograph shows a thin layer of calcium deposits along the left contour of heart. What treatment should be recommended to the patient?

Answer options

  1. Digitalis preparations
  2. Diuretics
  3. Anti-TB drugs
  4. Vasodilators, nitrates
  5. Treatment by a cardiac surgeon
Correct answer

Treatment by a cardiac surgeon

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