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CMC Cardiac Medicine Certification

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A 28- year old female patient presents with chest pain and dyspnea. The attending nurse observes that she is having pectus excavatum. Which of the valvular heart diseases is most likely present in this patient?

Mitral stenosis
Mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve prolapse
Mitral stenosis + mitral regurgitation

Explanation

Answer- C - The most likely valvular lesion in this patient is mitral valve prolapse. Patients present with atypical chest pain, dyspnea, and hyperventilation associated with pectus excavatum, straight back syndrome, and other musculoskeletal abnormalities.

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