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A 42-year-old woman has noted increasing dyspnea for the past 6 years. On examination rales are auscultated in both lungs. She is afebrile. A chest radiograph shows an enlarged cardiac silhouette and bilateral pulmonary edema. Past history reveals that, as a child she suffered recurrent bouts of pharyngitis with group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infections. Which of the following cardiac valves are most likely to be abnormal in this woman?
A Aortic and tricuspid
B Mitral and pulmonic
C Aortic and pulmonic
D Tricuspid and pulmonic
E Mitral and aortic
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(E) CORRECT. She has chronic rheumatic valvulitis with scarring associated with rheumatic heart disease. If the tricuspid valve is involved, then the mitral and aortic are probably involved as well. The most common single valve involved is the mitral.
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