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Heart click
With newer,
non-invasive
imaging
techniques
, the
origin
of other, so-called
adventitial
sounds
or
heart
clicks
has been
appreciated
. These are
short
, high-pitched sounds.
The
atrioventricular valves
of patients with
mitral stenosis
may
open
with an
opening
snap
on the beginning of
diastole
.
Patients
with
mitral valve prolapse
may have a
mid-systolic
click along with a
murmur
, referred to as
apical
late
systolic murmur
.
Aortic
and
pulmonary stenosis
may cause an
ejection
click immediately after S
1
.