KROK 1 2021 – Question 77 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
The patient’s arterial hypertension is caused by renal artery stenosis. The main pathogenetic link of this type of hypertension is the activation of the following system:
- A. Parasympathetic
- B. Sympathoadrenal
- C. Kallikrein-kinin
- D. Renin-angiotensin
- E. Hypothalamic-pituitary
Hint
Consider how reduced perfusion pressure in the kidney is sensed by the juxtaglomerular apparatus and which hormonal cascade it sets in motion.
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