Question 348 · LEK · Cross-cutting topics
The most common acquired valvular heart disease in adults is:
- A. mitral stenosis.
- B. aortic regurgitation.
- C. mitral regurgitation.
- D. tricuspid stenosis.
- E. aortic stenosis.
Hint
Think of the valve lesion whose degenerative, calcific form becomes more common as the population ages.
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