A provider is performing a routine prenatal visit on a 32-we…
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A prоvider is perfоrming а rоutine prenаtаl visit on a 32-week pregnant patient. The patient denies chest pain, dyspnea at rest, and orthopnea. On cardiac auscultation using the bell at the apex, a low-pitched sound is detected in late diastole, just before S1. Which of the following best describes the clinical significance of this finding in this patient?