Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Heart sounds are the noises made as blood moves through the heart with each ...

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 ...

and all too often insufficient attention is given to the heart sounds. In the past few years there has been a new awareness of the importance of these sounds and of the clinical information that ...

The second heart sound (S2) is produced by the closure of the aortic and pulmonic valves. The sound produced by the closure of the aortic valve is termed A2, and the sound produced by the closure ...

Because of the increased tissue mass, auscultation of heart sounds may be difficult. Minimizing extraneous noise by turning down TV volume, closing the door, and putting equipment such as intra ...