MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

ABDOMINAL

GENERALISED LYMPHADENOPATHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A 66-year-old patient presented in the hospital with the acute recurrent myocardial infarction of front-lateral wall of the left ventricle. On the 4th day of disease, an acute, marked difficulty in breathing, a cough with considerable quantity of a foamy sputum discharge and facial cyanosis developed. A patient died from progressive cardiac insufficiency. An autopsy revealed enlarged grey-pink color lungs. A foamy liquid flowed down from the cut surface. What pathological process in lungs caused a death?
A
Edema of the lungs
B
Lungs infarction
C
Hydro thorax
D
Pneumonia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The hallmark feature of systolic heart failure is shortness of breath, also called dyspnea. A person with early systolic heart failure might get short of breath only when exercising.

Detailed explanation-2: -A premature ventricular complex is usually followed by a full compensatory pause.

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