KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 189 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 65-year-old patient had been treated for 3 days in the resuscitation unit for a cardiac pathology. Suddenly he developed ventricular fibrillation which turned out to be the immediate cause of death. Microscopy of the left ventricular myocardium revealed a large focus of cardiomyocyte karyolysis demarcated by the zone of hyperaemia. What cardiac pathology was the cause of death?
- A. Ischemic myocardial degeneration
- B. Postinfarction cardiosclerosis
- C. Diffuse cardiosclerosis
- D. Acute myocardial infarction
- E. Acute myocarditis
Hint
A large focus of dead cardiomyocytes with a hyperaemic demarcation zone a few days after onset points to a specific stage of ischemic heart disease.
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