A nurse assesses a client who has aortic regurgitation. In which location in the illustration shown below should the nurse auscultate to best hear a cardiac murmur related to aortic regurgitation?
a. Location A
b. Location B
c. Location C
d. Location D
ANS: A
The aortic valve is auscultated in the second intercostal space just to the right of the sternum.
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