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You are incorrect - the most likely diagnosis in our patient is acute mitral regurgitation due to rupture of the chordae tendineae.


Your choice: Acute rheumatic mitral valvulitis

In patients with acute rheumatic mitral valvulitis, mitral regurgitation occurs during an episode of rheumatic fever. It usually occurs between the ages of five and nineteen in Western society and is rare over the age of twenty, unless there is a prior episode.