Cardiac Auscultation - LLSE

You are incorrect - our patient's murmur at the lower left sternal edge is best described as holosystolic with a slight decrescendo configuration.

Your choice: Early, short, decrescendo murmur

This is a graphic example of an early systolic, short murmur with a decrescendo shape. Let us listen to and observe this murmur together. Note that while the murmur begins simultaneously with the first heart sound, it ends well before the second heart sound.