KROK 1 2018 – Question 70 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
After a psychic trauma a woman developed periodical increases in her blood pressure accompanied by headache, palpitations, and general weakness. What mechanism of hypertension development does this woman have?
- A. Venoconstriction
- B. Increased arteriolar tone
- C. Tachycardia
- D. Increased circulating blood volume
- E. Decreased cardiac output
Hint
Think about how emotional stress activates the sympathoadrenal system and which hemodynamic component of blood pressure that mainly changes in short-lived rises.
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