A nurse is auscultating a client's heart sounds and notices a murmur. What would differentiate a heart murmur that is caused by mitral valve stenosis than one that is caused by other mitral valve disorders?

1. Mid-systolic murmur
2. Opening snaps following a diastolic murmur
3. Holosystolic murmur
4. Late systolic murmur


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