MS-0383
A 76-year-old male comes for his yearly checkup with the heart failure nurses. What is the leading cause of heart failure?
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MS-0384
A 52-year-old man comes to the emergency department complaining of severe crushing chest pain that spreads to his left arm and jaw. He also feels nauseous. Upon conducting an ECG, you observe ST-segment elevation in several chest leads and diagnose him with ST-elevation MI. From which vessel do the coronary vessels arise?
MS-0385
A 15-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by air ambulance following a fight. He presents with peripheral shutdown and an unrecordable blood pressure. The chest X-ray reveals a stab wound that has penetrated the left atrium and the artery that supplies it. Which artery is the most likely to have been affected?
MS-0386
Which one of the following is typically not provided by the right coronary artery?
MS-0387
A 28-year-old, gravida 2 para 1, presents to the emergency department with pelvic pain. She delivered a healthy baby at 37 weeks gestation 13 days ago.
During the examination, it was found that she has right lower quadrant pain and her temperature is 37.8ยบ C. Further tests revealed a left gonadal (ovarian) vein thrombosis. The patient was informed about the risk of the thrombus lodging in the venous system from the left gonadal vein.
What is the first structure that the thrombus will go through if lodged from the left gonadal vein?
MS-0367
A 75-year-old collapses at home and is rushed to the Emergency Room but dies despite resuscitation efforts. He had a myocardial infarction five weeks prior. What histological findings would be expected in his heart?
MS-0368
A 78-year-old ex-smoker comes to the clinic complaining of chest discomfort and shortness of breath. He had a history of ST-elevation myocardial infarction 10 days ago, which was treated with thrombolysis. During the examination, a high-pitch holosystolic murmur is heard at the apex. The ECG shows widespread ST elevation. Unfortunately, the patient experiences cardiac arrest and passes away. What is the probable histological finding in his heart?
MS-0369
A 28-year-old pregnant woman discusses her varicose veins with her midwife. She has noticed these veins for a couple of weeks now, and they appeared during her pregnancy. Lately, she has observed red-brown discoloration around the veins on the back of her calf. What could be the probable root cause of this?
MS-0370
A 67-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation presents with an embolus in his lower leg. The medical team decides to perform an embolectomy using a trans popliteal approach. Upon incising the deep fascia, what will be the first structure encountered by the surgeons as they explore the central region of the popliteal fossa?
MS-0371
A 75-year-old woman is hospitalized with acute mesenteric ischemia. During a CT angiogram, a narrowing is observed at the point where the superior mesenteric artery originates. At what level does this artery branch off from the aorta?