KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 61 · KROK (Dentistry)
Autopsy of a 68-year-old man who died from chronic cardiac insufficiency revealed deformed, thickened, conjoined cusps of mitral valve. Along the edge of joining there were small (1-2 mm) thrombi. What form of endocarditis caused development of chronic cardiac insufficiency?
- A. Polypoulcerous
- B. Acute verrucous
- C. Recurrent verrucous
- D. Diffuse
- E. Fibroplastic
Hint
Combine two findings: signs of an old, sclerosed valve and fresh small thrombi on the line of closure.
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