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Heart sound

Heart sound . Auscultation. Auscultation. Stethoscopic auscultation provides the basis for identifying heart sounds, systolic and diastolic, as well as murmurs. . The technique.

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Heart sound

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  1. Heart sound

  2. Auscultation

  3. Auscultation • Stethoscopic auscultation provides the basis for identifying heart sounds, systolic and diastolic, as well as murmurs.

  4. The technique • requires that the patient be examined in a quiet area and in multiple positions, supine and left lateral decubitus, upright and leaning forward, as well as during inspiration and expiration. • The examiner should auscultate over the listening areas of the 2nd RICS, 2nd LICS, 4th LICS, and apex.The carotids, and chest areas, both front and back are included at this time.

  5. The normal heart sounds include S1, S2, and in the young individual S3.

  6. The S1 reflects closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves and is therefore loudest at the apex.

  7. The S2 reflects closure of the pulmonic and aortic valves and is loudest therefore at the base of the heart.

  8. Splitting of S2 is physiologic (and normal) when present during inspiration but absent during expiration (fusion).

  9. Additional heart sounds include the S4; ejection sounds, clicks (systolic), and snaps (diastolic). These are usually seen in pathologic states.

  10. Murmurs are a prolonged series of auditory (occasionally palpable/thrill) vibrations. They may be systolic, diastolic, or continuous (through both systole and diastole). • Proper assessment of murmurs requires several observations: • Location • Pitch/Quality (Ejection, Regurgitant, or Vibratory) • Timing • Intensity/Grade • Radiation

  11. Timing of Cardiac Sounds

  12. Systolic Murmurs

  13. Diastolic Murmurs

  14. Common Murmurs and Timing (click on murmur to play) Systolic Murmurs • Aortic stenosis • Mitral insufficiency • Mitral valve prolapse • Tricuspid insufficiency Diastolic Murmurs • Aortic insufficiency • Mitral stenosis S1 S2 S1

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