There are a few common extra heart sounds that the clinician may encounter. These include ejection sounds that occur with pulmonic or AS heard in early systole, “clicks” that are heard in mitral or ...

ScienceDaily (Aug. 11, 2010) - For emergency department patients with shortness of breath and a risk of heart failure, physicians usually grab one thing first: a stethoscope. It allows them to hear ...

The third heart sound (S3), also known as the "ventricular gallop", occurs just after S2 when the mitral valve opens allowing passive filling of the left ventricle. The S3 sound is actually produced ...

My rationale for beginning at the mitral area is to compare the auscultatory findings with those previously obtained by percussion and palpation (see Nonauscultatory Cardiac Exam: Assessing the ...

Blood flows through the heart and generates noises known as heart sounds. These noises occur due to heart valves opening and closing as the heart pumps blood. A doctor can gain valuable information by ...