KROK 1 2016 – Question 126 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 45-year-old woman suffers from arterial hypertension with high blood concentration of angiotensin II. What antihypertensive drug is the most recommended in the given case?
- A. Metoprolol
- B. Lisinopril
- C. Prazosin
- D. Reserpine
- E. Verapamil
Hint
Match the drug class to the neurohumoral abnormality in this patient by asking which step of the renin-angiotensin axis you would want to interrupt.
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