A Physician Has a Patient with an Abnormal Heart Sound

question 9

Multiple Choice

A physician has a patient with an abnormal heart sound.After running some tests,the doctor decides that the patient has a heart murmur but the condition is not severe enough to warrant open-heart surgery.What does the doctor think about to make this determination?

• A)The amount of blood flowing backwards in the heart is not enough to strain the heart as it works harder to catch up.
• B)The heart sounds are due to air moving through the system and cannot be removed via surgical techniques.
• C)The amount of blood lost is easily replaced with a transfusion of extra blood.
• D)A heart murmur cannot be corrected surgically even though artificial heart valves do exist.

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