For example, the S1 heart sound — consisting of mitral and tricuspid valve closure — is best heard at the tricuspid (left lower sternal border) and mitral (cardiac apex) listening posts.

Careful auscultation of heart murmurs is an extremely valuable ... A = aortic valve post (right upper sternal border or RUSB) P = pulmonic valve post (left upper sternal border or LUSB) T ...

Examination of the heart showed a lift to the right ventricle ... A Grade 4/6 decrescendo diastolic murmur at the left sternal border and a Grade 1/6 apical systolic murmur were noted.

a systolic ejection murmur audible along the left upper sternal border caused by the increased flow across the right ventricle outflow tract and a split second heart sound. A diastolic murmur may ...

The signs of aortic stenosis on physical exam include a systolic murmur, usually loudest at the right upper sternal border ... Finally the second heart sound may be reduced in intensity.