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Examination of a 35-year-old patient with rheumatism revealed that the right heart border was 1 cm displaced outwards from the right parasternal line, the upper border was on the level with inferior margin of the 1st rib, the left border was 1 cm in from the left midclavicular line. Auscultation revealed atrial fibrillation, loud apical first sound, diastolic shock above the pulmonary artery. Echocardiocopy revealed abnormal pattern of the mitral valve motion. What heart disease is characterized by these symptoms?

Answer options

  1. Mitral valve insufficiency
  2. Mitral valve prolapse
  3. Aortic stenosis
  4. Mitral stenosis
  5. Tricuspid valve insufficiency
Correct answer

Mitral stenosis

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