Right ventricular third heart sounds
A right ventricular third heart sound is maximal at the lower left sternal edge on inspiration. It is never a normal phenomenon.
Possible causes include:
- right heart failure
- tricuspid regurgitation
- volume overload - right ventricular preload - from an atrial septal defect
- constrictive pericarditis
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