KROK 1 2018 – Question 64 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Examination of the coronary arteries revealed atherosclerotic plaques with calcinosis that narrow the arterial opening by 1/3. In the muscle there are numerous whitish layers of connective tissue. Name the process detected in the myocardium:
- A. Diffuse cardiosclerosis
- B. Tiger heart
- C. Myocarditis
- D. Myocardial infarction
- E. Postinfarction cardiosclerosis
Hint
Ask what chronic partial narrowing of the coronary lumen does to the myocardium over time, and what the distribution of the connective-tissue layers tells you.
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