Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2018
A 12-year-old boy with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy complains of dyspnea caused by the slightest physical exertion. Echocardiography detected asymmetrical left ventricular hypertrophy, signs of pulmonary hypertension, and left ventricular dilatation, its ejection fraction is 59%. These developments are indicative of:
Answer options
- Primary pulmonary hypertension
- Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
- Symptomatic arterial hypertension
- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
- Essential hypertension
Correct answer
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
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