UKMLA PLAB AMC USMLE Prometric MCQ

Question Number 0818

Question:
A 55 year old man has angina. One day, while cleaning the garage, he has a sudden onset of chest pain. He rests for a while, but the pain does not stop. He finally calls an ambulance and is taken to the hospital and is told he had a myocardial infarction. What pathologic process will be predominant a few hours after his myocardial infarction?

a) collagen synthesis
b) contraction of tissue
c) coagulative necrosis
d) influx of eosinophils, lymphocytes and plasma cells
e) new capillaries at the site of infarction