You are incorrect - our patient's acoustic events at the lower left sternal edge include a split first heart sound.


Your choice: S1 + ejection sound (ES)

This is a graphic example of an S1 followed by an ejection sound (ES).

Ejection sounds are early systolic high frequency events that occur at the onset of systolic flow into the great vessels and are best heard at the aortic and pulmonary areas. They result from doming of a stenotic but mobile semilunar valve or from the initial systolic distention of a dilated great vessel.