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asd123 · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A 30-year-old female presents to her primary care provider with fever, cardiac murmur, and pe-techial skin lesions and is diagnosed with infective endocarditis. The most likely cause of the disease is:

a. bacteria.
b. viruses.
c. fungi.
d. parasites.

Question 2

A nurse recalls the most common cardiac valve disease in the United States is:

a. mitral valve prolapse.
b. pulmonary stenosis.
c. tricuspid valve prolapse.
d. aortic stenosis.

lin77x · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Infective endocarditis is due to a bacterial infection, not a viral, fungal, or parasitic infection.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Mitral valve prolapse is the most common valve disorder in the United States.
Neither pulmonary stenosis, tricuspid valve prolapse, nor aortic stenosis is the most common valve disorder in the United States.