A doctor has diagnosed a patient with atherosclerosis. When listening to the blood flow through the vessels, how might the disease diagnosis affect the sound being detected by the physician?
A)
The blood flow sounds different because the blood is flowing through
vessels with a narrowing of the inner walls of coronary arteries due to
buildup of fatty materials.
The blood flow sounds different because there is a widening of inner walls
of blood vessels due to a high salt diet.
B)
The blood flow sounds different because the walls of the heart have been
stretched due to a heart attack
D)
The blood flow sounds different because there is an increased circulation
to the heart