An 82-year-old patient is admitted into the critical care unit with a diagnosis of left-sided heart failure related to mitral stenosis.Physical assessment findings reveal tachycardia with an S₃ and a 3/6 systolic murmur.Which of the following descriptions best describes the murmur heard with mitral stenosis?

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Mitral stenosis describes a narrowing of the mitral valve orifice.This produces a low-pitched murmur, which varies in intensity and harshness depending on the degree of valvular stenosis.It occurs during diastole, is auscultated at the mitral area (fifth ICS, midclavicular line), and does not radiate.

An 82-Year-Old Patient Is Admitted into the Critical Care Unit