Question 164 · LEK · Cross-cutting topics
Indicate the true statement concerning clinical symptoms in patients with heart defects:
- A. high arterial pressure amplitude is observed in mitral insufficiency.
- B. late-diastolic heart murmur is present in mitral valve prolapse.
- C. in aortic stenosis the volume of the murmur does not correlate with the severity of valve stenosis.
- D. in mitral stenosis you don’t observed ascites, hepatomegaly and jugular vein distension.
- E. in patent ductus arteriosus the murmur is of decrescendo character.
Hint
A failing ventricle generates weaker flow across the valve and therefore a softer murmur.
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