KROK 1 2021 – Question 84 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Increased resistance to blood ejection from the left ventricle has activated the homeometric compensation mechanism in the patient. In what pathological process can this compensation mechanism develop in the left ventricle?
- A. Pulmonary embolism
- B. Mitral stenosis
- C. Aortic valve insufficiency
- D. Aortic valve stenosis
- E. Arterial hypotension
Hint
Homeometric compensation raises contractile force without lengthening the muscle fibres; think about which lesion makes the ventricle work against a pressure overload at its outflow.
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