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Question 13
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An older male patient with advanced renal failure but not on dialysis, presents with a sharp pain in the chest with fever and dyspnea. The patient states that this pain worsens with deep breaths, coughing or swallowing. They have jugular venous distension present bilaterally. The heart sounds are muffled on auscultation but a friction rub is heard. The electrocardiogram shows an elevated ST segment in multiple leads, and the laboratory report shows an increase in the serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen. Which diagnosis is most likely here?
Septic carditis
Pericarditis
Infective endocarditis
Myocarditis