Mitral Valve Leaflet Prolapse 309 | Auscultation #309 | Lesson with Audio

patient thorax when auscultating by stethoscope

patient position during auscultation
The patient was supine during auscultation.

Description

Mitral Valve Leaflet Prolapse is presented in this lesson. When playing to the recording, listen for a mid-systolic click followed by a late systolic diamond shaped murmur. Using the 'Visual' tab, view the prolapse of both the anterior and posterior mitral valve leaflets. You can also observe the turbulent flow across the incompetent mitral leaflets (murmur of mitral regurgitation).

Phonocardiogram

Anatomy

Mitral Valve Leaflet Prolapse 309

Play the animation and take note of the prolapse of both the anterior and posterior mitral valve leaflets and turbulent flow across the incompetent mitral leaflets (murmur of mitral regurgitation).
Authors and Sources

Authors and Reviewers

Sources

  • Heart and Lung Sounds Reference Library Diane S. Wrigley
    Publisher: PESI
  • Impact Patient Care: Key Physical Assessment Strategies and the Underlying Pathophysiology
    Diane S Wrigley & Rosale Lobo
  • Practical Clinical Skills: Lung Sounds
  • PESI Faculty - Diane S Wrigley
  • Case Profiles in Respiratory Care 3rd Ed, 2019
    William A.French
    Published by Delmar Cengage
  • Essential Lung Sounds by William A. French
    Published by Cengage Learning, 2011
  • Understanding Lung Sounds Steven Lehrer, MD
  • Clinical Heart Disease W Proctor Harvey, MD
    Clinical Heart Disease
    Laennec Publishing; 1st edition (January 1, 2009)
  • Heart and Lung Sounds Reference Guide
    PracticalClinicalSkills.com




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