A 56-year-old Asian man with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus comes to a physician for a check-up. It has been several years since he has been to the doctor. His past medical history is significant for an acute illness at the age of nine, which involved a high fever, pleuritic chest pain, migrating joint pain, and a pink, nonpruritic rash on his torso. His blood pressure is 155/100 mm Hg and heart rate is 70/min. Auscultation of the heart reveals a low-pitched diastolic rumble heard best at the apex. What is the most likely pressure change that would be seen in this patient’s heart? (A) Decreased left atrial pressure (B) Decreased left ventricular pressure (C) Increased left atrial pressure (D) Increased left ventricular pressure (E) Increased right atrial pressure

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A 56-year-old Asian man with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus comes to a physician for a check-up. It has been several years since he has been to the doctor. His past medical history is significant for an acute illness at the age of nine, which involved a high fever, pleuritic chest pain, migrating joint pain, and a pink, nonpruritic rash on his torso. His blood pressure is 155/100 mm Hg and heart rate is 70/min. Auscultation of the heart reveals a low-pitched diastolic rumble heard best at the apex. What is the most likely pressure change that would be seen in this patient’s heart?

(A) Decreased left atrial pressure

(B) Decreased left ventricular pressure

(C) Increased left atrial pressure

(D) Increased left ventricular pressure

(E) Increased right atrial pressure

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