A 34-Year-Old Russian Immigrant with Recent Weakness, Exertional Dyspnea, and Orthopnea

question 155

Multiple Choice

A 34-year-old Russian immigrant with recent weakness, exertional dyspnea, and orthopnea visits the doctor. Over the cardiac apex, a snap followed by a rumbling diastolic murmur can be detected during cardiac auscultation. Which of the following positions on the heart pressure-volume loop is where the snap most commonly happens?

• A)A
• B)B
• C)C
• D)D
• E)E

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