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USMLE · Question #452
In a hospital cardiac care unit, there are three patients with different cardiac conditions: a 52- year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy, an 18-year-old girl with mitral valve prolapse, and a 30-ye
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In a hospital cardiac care unit, there are three patients with different cardiac conditions: a 52- year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy, an 18-year-old girl with mitral valve prolapse, and a 30-year-old man with infective endocarditis of the mitral valve. Which of the following features do all these patients most likely share?
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- ADecreased compliance
- BDepressed myocardial contractility
- CInfectious etiology
- DMitral valve stenosis
- ERisk of systemic thromboembolism
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#systemic thromboembolism#dilated cardiomyopathy#mitral valve prolapse#infective endocarditis