KROK 1 2023 – Question 79 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient has been diagnosed with mitral valve stenosis. What pathogenetic type of heart failure is it?
- A. Heart failure due to myocardial damage
- B. Mixed form of heart failure
- C. Pressure overload-induced heart failure
- D. Volume overload-induced heart failure
- E. Heart failure due to myocardial hypertrophy
Hint
Ask what obstacle the left atrium must push blood through when the valve opening is narrowed, and what kind of load that places on the chamber.
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