Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2025
A 28-year-old patient complains of severe shortness of breath during even mild physical exertion, dizziness, forced body position (semi-sitting), and subfebrile body temperature.According to the patient's medical history, her condition was gradually deteriorating over the course of the last 1.5 months after a case of an acute respiratory viral infection. Auscultation detects harsh respiration and dry crackles, the heart sounds are rhythmic and severely muffled, Blood pressure - 110/70 mm Hg. Chest X-ray shows that the shadow of the heart is severely expanded in both directions, the cardiac waistline is smoothed out. What is the most likely diagnosis in this case?stenosis
Answer options
- Exudative pericarditis
- Mitral stenosis
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Pulmonary artery
- Mitral valve insufficiency
Correct answer
Exudative pericarditis
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