A 52-Year-Old Man Comes to the Office with a 2-Week

A 52-year-old man comes to the office with a 2-week history of shortness of breath and dry cough.  The patient has noticed decreased exercise tolerance that limits his daily activities.  A Doppler probe placed at the cardiac apex reveals the following blood flow pattern across the patient's mitral valve. The point marked by the arrow would best correspond to which of the following auscultation findings?

A) Fourth heart sound
B) Midsystolic click
C) Second heart sound
D) Third heart sound

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