Audio Qbank – Q39 – A 42F with a murmur

 

A 42-year-old woman has a 2/6 decrescendo holodiastolic murmur auscultated down the right sternal border. Which of the following might also be seen in this patient?

  Blood pressure of 120/40
  Flow across the interventricular septum observed on transthoracic echo
  Narrow aortic valvular orifice
  Systemic hypertension
  Tricuspid insufficiency

 

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