Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD 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.

Physicians with more experience are better able to detect a third heart sound that is an indicator of heart disease, according to a study on stethoscope accuracy in cardiac patients at UCSF Medical ...

What are heart sounds? Read on to learn more about these noises from the heart, such as what makes them and what they represent.

Heart murmurs and other abnormal heart sounds like galloping, clicks, or rubs can be caused by a number of heart conditions. Learn the causes and diagnosis.

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD The first heart sound, or S1, is the "lub" of a normal heartbeat. It's a ...

Atypical heart sounds do not always indicate atrial fibrillation. They can stem from other causes and may require various diagnostic tests. Learn more.

A critical part of the physical examination is auscultation of the heart. Auscultation is fun, but the heart sounds are hard to learn, hard to teach and hard to remember without constant practice. As ...

IT IS possible that the existence of the heart sounds was known to Hippocrates1 and even that he made use of his knowledge for diagnostic purposes, but William Harvey2 seems to have been the first ...

Low-cost disease diagnosis by mapping heart sounds Date: August 30, 2022 Source: American Institute of Physics Summary: Researchers develop a method to identify aortic valve dysfunction using ...