A 34-Year-Old Woman Who Recently Emigrated from Russia Comes to the Physician

A 34-year-old woman who recently emigrated from Russia comes to the physician due to weakness, exertional dyspnea, and orthopnea.  On cardiac auscultation, a snap followed by a rumbling diastolic murmur is heard over the cardiac apex.  The snap most likely occurs nearest to which of the following points on the cardiac pressure-volume loop?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E
F) F

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