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Why does a patient with mitral stenosis lay on his left side during auscultation?
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Better to hear: It positions the tip of the left ventricle closer to the chest wall so that thye stethoscope has a better chance of hearing the low pitched murmur.
Answered 1/21/2013
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Not related to : Mitral stenosis. Laying on the left side places the heart closer to the stethoscope.
Answered 3/26/2013
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