Question 118 · LEK · Aortic regurgitation
During physical examination, the auscultation revealed a diastolic murmur, best audible on the left parasternal line, radiating to Erb’s point and exaggerating while sitting and leaning forward. Which cardiac defect should be suspected?
- A. mitral regurgitation.
- B. aortic regurgitation.
- C. aortic stenosis.
- D. ventricular septal defect.
- E. atrial septal defect.
Hint
A diastolic murmur along the left sternal border that gets louder when sitting up and leaning forward points to diastolic backflow across a semilunar valve.
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