KROK 1 2017 – Question 13 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient with chronic heart failure presents with increased blood viscosity. Capillaroscopy detected damage to the vessel walls of the microcirculation system. What disorder is possible in the given case?
- A. Thrombosis
- B. Blood ”sludge” phenomenon
- C. Embolism
- D. Arterial hyperemia
- E. Venous hyperemia
Hint
Consider how increased viscosity and injury of the microvascular wall change the behaviour of the blood cells flowing through the capillaries.
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