Question

A 22-year-old waitress presents to your clinic for evaluation of pain in her chest. She appears to be anxious. The pain is worse with physical exertion such as climbing stairs. She does not smoke use alcohol or illicit drugs or consume excessive amounts of caffeine. You auscultate her heart and diagnose mitral valve prolapse. What did you hear to make this diagnosis?

Answer 1

A specific heart murmur heard during auscultation can indicate mitral valve prolapse, characterized by a mid-systolic click followed by a late systolic murmur associated with regurgitation of blood.

Step-by-step explanation:

During a clinical evaluation of a patient suspected to have mitral valve prolapse, a specific sound heard through auscultation can be indicative of this condition. When using a stethoscope, the disruption in normal blood flow caused by the prolapse of the mitral valve typically produces a distinctive heart murmur. It occurs due to the abnormal backward movement of the blood, known as regurgitation, and may be described as a mid-systolic click followed by a late systolic murmur, commonly accentuated when the patient is in an upright position.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

A midsystolic click