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