KROK 1 2009 – Question 17 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
ECG of a 44-year-old patient shows signs of hypertrophy of both ventricles and the right atrium. The patient was diagnosed with the tricuspid valve insufficiency. What pathogenetic variant of cardiac dysfunction is usually observed in case of such insufficiency?
- A. Heart overload by volume
- B. Cardiac tamponade
- C. Primary myocardial insufficiency
- D. Heart overload by resistance
- E. Coronary insufficiency
Hint
Picture the direction of blood flow through the incompetent valve in systole and ask what extra work the receiving chambers inherit as a result.
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