Question 305 · LEK · Aortic valve stenosis
Systolic „crescendo-decrescendo” murmurs, radiating to the carotid arteries and the clavicles are characteristic of:
- A. mitral stenosis.
- B. mitral valve insufficiency.
- C. aortic valve insufficiency.
- D. aortic stenosis.
- E. tricuspid valve insufficiency.
Hint
Radiation to the carotids follows the direction of blood flow through a narrowed outflow valve.
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