Understanding Heart Sounds and Murmurs: With an Introduction to Lung SoundsNow in a new edition, this popular reference provides the perfect way to enhance your skills in recognizing normal and abnormal heart and lung sounds. It shows you where to listen for a particular sound, how to recognize an abnormality, and how to interpret what you have heard. You will be able to translate clicks, snaps, crackles, and knocks-into an accurate assessment. |
Contents
History of Auscultation | 1 |
The Modern Stethoscope | 9 |
Lung Sounds and Physical Examination | 21 |
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Understanding Heart Sounds and Murmurs: With an Introduction to Lung Sounds Ara G. Tilkian,Mary Boudreau Conover No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
A₂ abnormal aorta aortic area aortic regurgitation aortic stenosis apex atrial septal defect auscultation best heard breath sounds caused chest wall clinical closure component congenital crackles decrease diaphragm diastolic diastolic murmur diastolic rumble Differential Diagnosis dilatation early diastolic echocardiography Figure fourth heart sound gallop heart sound increased inspiration intensity intercostal space late systolic leaflets left atrial left sternal border left ventricle left ventricular Listen To hear loud louder lung sounds mid-systolic mitral regurgitation mitral stenosis mitral valve prolapse murmur of aortic murmur of mitral normal opening snap P₂ patent ductus arteriosus patient phonocardiogram physiological presystolic prosthetic valve pulmonary artery pulmonary hypertension pulmonary stenosis pulmonic stenosis pulmonic valve respiration right ventricular S₁ S₁ S₁ S2 S₁ S₂ S₁ second heart sound sounds and murmurs splitting of S₂ stethoscope systolic ejection murmur systolic murmur third heart sound tricuspid stenosis tricuspid valve valvular venous ventricular septal defect ventricular systole wheezes wide splitting