While auscultating a patients heart sounds, the nurse hears an extra heart sound immediately after the second heart sound $\left(\mathrm{S}_{2}\right)$. An audible $\mathrm{S}_{3}$ would be considered an expected finding in what patient?

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$\mathrm{S}_{3}$ represents a normal finding in children and adults up to 35 or 40 years of age. In these cases, it is called a physiologic $\mathrm{S}_{3}$. It is an abnormal finding in a patient with an artificial valve, an older adult, or a patient who takes a beta blocker.

While Auscultating a Patients Heart Sounds, the Nurse Hears an Extra