Cardiac ModuleFeinberg School of Medicine Phase 1 Cardiac Module

Stage 3

Dyspnea with extra heart sound — AS vs S3 gallop

Differential:Aortic stenosisS3 gallop (heart failure)
Dyspnea with extra heart sound — AS vs S3 gallop
A 75-year-old man presents with progressive shortness of breath, orthopnea, and bilateral leg swelling. He has an extra heart sound on auscultation — is this aortic stenosis, or an S3 of heart failure?
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