Heart sounds are the noises made as blood moves through the heart with each heartbeat. When the heart valves close, they make a distinct lubb-dupp sound. Healthcare providers listen to the heart's ...

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 ...

Heart sounds are produced from a specific cardiac event such as closure of a valve or tensing of a chordae tendineae. Many pathologic cardiac conditions can be diagnosed by auscultation of the heart ...

When the doctor places that cold stethoscope on your chest, she’s listening for two distinct sounds – lub-DUB. “You can almost set your clock to what you are hearing,” said internist Mary Ann Kuzma.

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Disease of the cardiac valves and other cardiac structures frequently results in abnormal, turbulent blood flow within the heart, causing murmurs. Careful auscultation of heart murmurs is an extremely ...

IT IS possible that the existence of the heart sounds was known to Hippocrates 1 and even that he made use of his knowledge for diagnostic purposes, but William Harvey 2 seems to have been the first ...

FIU Researchers are training AI to detect heart conditions, like aortic stenosis and heart failure, by analyzing heart sound data to improve early diagnosis and risk prediction. The future of heart ...

The term ‘galloping heart’ might evoke images of a horse in full stride, but in medical terms, it refers to an abnormal heart rhythm that can be indicative of underlying cardiac issues. This condition ...

The S3 heart sound occurs as the mitral valve opens and allows blood to fill the left ventricle passively. The sound happens as a result of blood striking the left ventricle during early diastole. An ...