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 ...

A heart murmur is an unusual sound heard between heartbeats. It doesn’t necessarily mean you have a heart condition, but it often requires further evaluation. During a checkup, your doctor will listen ...

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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 ...