When Auscultating a Patient’s Heart at the Pulmonic Area,you Hear

question 12

Multiple Choice

When auscultating a patient’s heart at the pulmonic area,you hear a split S₂ with the louder A₂ component occurring slightly before the P₂ component during inspiration.You recognize that this finding most likely is

• A) normal physiological splitting.
• B) fixed splitting.
• C) paradoxical splitting.
• D) S₃.

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