What is heart sound?

Some articles on heart sound, heart, sounds:

Mitral Valvuloplasty - Diagnosis - Physical Examination
... Upon auscultation of an individual with mitral stenosis, the first heart sound is unusually loud and may be palpable (tapping apex beat) because of increased ... The first heart sound is made by the mitral and tricuspid heart valves closing ... These are normally synchronous, and the sounds are termed M1 and T1 respectively ...
Mitral Regurgitation - Symptoms and Signs
... regurgitation will have the signs and symptoms of decompensated congestive heart failure (i.e ... exercise tolerance and no evidence of heart failure ... are prone to develop volume overload (congestive heart failure) ...
List Of Medical Abbreviations: S
... Middle English sans, borrowed from Old French sans, Latin sine) S sacrum Sx symptoms S1 first heart sound S2 second heart sound S3 third heart sound S4 fourth heart sound S O salpingo-oophorectomy SA sinoatrial ... elimination effort Segs segmented cells SEM systolic ejection murmur (see heart murmur) SERM selective estrogen receptor modulator SERT serotonin transporter SFA ...

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