Opening Snap

Some articles on opening snap, opening:

Mitral Valvuloplasty - Diagnosis - Physical Examination
... An opening snap which is a high pitched additional sound may be heard after the A2 (aortic) component of the second heart sound (S2), which correlates to the ... accentuation will be heard after the opening snap ... Opening snap is not heard sometimes ...
Mitral Stenosis - Diagnosis - Physical Examination
... An opening snap which is a high pitched additional sound may be heard after the A2 (aortic) component of the second heart sound (S2), which correlates to the forceful opening of the mitral valve ... with presystolic accentuation will be heard after the opening snap ... Opening snap is not heard sometimes ...
Diastolic Heart Murmur - Individual Murmurs - Mid-diastolic
... It usually starts with an opening snap ... left sternal border with rumbling character and tricuspid opening snap with wide splitting S1 ... mitral stenosis and should be noted by the fact that an Austin Flint murmur does not have an opening snap that is found in mitral stenosis ...

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