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Why can we hear better the diastolic murmur in expiration?
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Proximity: In expiration less air is in the lungs moving the heart and great vessels closer to the chest wall and therefore the stethoscope. This makes the murmurs louder and easier to hear.
Answered 6/12/2015
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