Cardiovascular Pathology, Set 2

For each of the following patients, select the most likely pathologic finding:

1. Firm, black nodules averaging 0.5 cm in size are seen at autopsy scattered over the epicardium of a 62-year-old man:

2. A right iliac vein thrombus gives rise to a left renal arterial thromboembolus in a 60-year-old woman:

3. Aortic valve stenosis is diagnosed by echocardiography in a 56-year-old man with worsening congestive heart failure marked by orthopnea:

4. The left ventricle is noted to have markedly decreased compliance with reduced stroke volume by echocardiography a 2-year-old child with congestive heart failure:

5. A 35-year-old man has been infected with human immunodeficiency virus for the past 10 years. His risk factor is sex with other men. He has worsening congestive heart failure and dies:

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