Pulmonary Hypertension — Topic Test
20 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.
A 60-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on a long-acting beta-agonist and inhaled corticosteroid presents with worsening breathlessness, hypertension and a serum potassium of 2.9 mmol/L with metabolic alkalosis. He admits to chewing large quantities of liquorice-containing tobacco. Which enzyme inhibition explains this picture?
A11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2
B21-hydroxylase
CAldosterone synthase
D11-beta-hydroxylase