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 ...

This finding is pathognomonic for mitral stenosis. A diastolic thrill may rarely be appreciated at the apex with the patient in the left lateral decubitus position. Auscultation of heart sounds ...

The 1st sound at the apex was snapping ... The clinical diagnosis was mitral stenosis, with severe pulmonary hypertension and secondary pulmonary valvular insufficiency. On February 8 cardiac ...