Audio Qbank – Q14 – A 92M has heart examined on autopsy

 

A 92-year-old man in a nursing home passes away from COVID-19 infection. Examination of his heart on autopsy shows myocardial concentric thickening. Large nuclei are seen on light microscopy. Which of the following disease processes most likely explains these findings?

  Cytomegalovirus infection
  Endocardial fibroelastosis
  Hemochromatosis
  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

 

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