A patient has a split S1 heart sound. How should the nurse explain this finding to the patient?
A) "Your mitral and tricuspid valves are not closing at exactly the same time."
B) "You probably have some calcification in the pulmonary valve that slows its closure."
C) "Your aortic valve is closing more slowly than it should."
D) "Your atrioventricular valves are not closing at exactly the same time."
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