Audio Qbank – Q57 – A 17M tries out for the track team

 

A 17-year-old boy collapses while trying out for the high school track team. He dies shortly afterward. His mother died at the age of 35. Which of the following is likely to be observed on autopsy?

  Diffuse necrosis of myocardium
  Disorganized and hypertrophic cardiac myocytes
  Eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy
  Increased number of cardiac myocytes
  Premature atherosclerosis of the left anterior descending artery

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