KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 137 · KROK (Dentistry)
A patient is 59 years old and works as director of a private enterprise. After the inspection by tax authorities he developed intense burning retrosternal pain radiating to the left arm. After 15 minutes the patient returned to normal. What is the leading mechanism for the development of stenocardia in this patient?
- A. Increased level of blood catecholamines
- B. Intravascular aggregation of blood corpuscles
- C. Coronary thrombosis
- D. Functional overload of heart
- E. Coronary atherosclerosis
Hint
Note what triggered the attack and that it resolved on its own within minutes, then ask which mechanism links this trigger to myocardial oxygen demand and coronary tone.
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