When Auscultating A Patient'S Apical Pulse

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When Auscultating A Patient'S Apical Pulse

, you listen until you hear the S1 and S2 heart sounds clearly and regularly. S2 is produced when the
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Semilunar Valves close -The second heart sound, S2, is generated by the closure of the semilunar valves (the aortic and pulmonic valve) and signals the start of diastole. S2 is the "dub" heard in the normal "lub-dub" sound.

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