The heart sound the nurse would record as normal would be:
1. ventricular gallop in a 20-year-old.
2. atrial gallop in a 25-year-old.
3. friction rub in a 45-year-old.
4. medium diastolic murmur in a 50-year-old.
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Ventricular gallops are considered normal in persons under 30. All other options are patho-logic.
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