Friday 20 October 2017

Loud pulmonary component of second heart sound | NEET Based MCQ


Loud pulmonary component of second heart sound is heard in :

A. Pulmonary hypertension
B. TOF
C. Eisenmenger syndrome 
D. Pulmonary stenosis


Ans. (A) Pulmonary hypertension
In pulmonary hypertension, P2 is loud, and splitting of the second heart sound may be diminished, normal, or accentuated, depending on the cause of the pulmonary hypertension, the pulmonary vascular resistance, and the presence or absence of right ventricular decompensation. Loud P2: Pulmonary hypertension

Loud A2: Systemic hypertension  ; Aortitis ; Aortic aneurysm