KROK 1 2011 – Question 11 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
ECG of a 44-year-old patient shows signs of hypertrophy of both ventricles and the right atrium. The patient was diagnosed with the tricuspid valve insufficiency. What pathogenetic variant of cardiac dysfunction is usually observed in case of such insufficiency?
- A. Heart overload by resistance
- B. Primary myocardial insufficiency
- C. Cardiac tamponade
- D. Heart overload by volume
- E. Coronary insufficiency
Hint
Follow where the blood goes through an incompetent tricuspid valve during systole and ask what that changes for the chambers receiving it.
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