Differentiating systolic heart murmurs can be challenging. The murmur associated with aortic stenosis is transmitted to the neck, whereas the murmur of mitral regurgitation is not. — Donna Berthoff, PA-C, FNP-BC, Syracuse, N.Y. (182-10)
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