Each heavy vertical line represents two-tenths second. Note the double systolic sound associated with the double summit of the pulsus bisferiens in this case of severe aortic stenosis. The purpose of ...

Okay, so if we simply ask you what this is you’ll say a thyroid goiter. We knew you’re too smart for that! But how about if you listen over the mass? What might you hear and in what disease (or ...

A bruit - a kind of blowing noise heard via stethoscope over the carotid arteries in the neck - may indicate a raised risk of heart disease. Call me old-fashioned, but I like to think that one of the ...

The frequency of cranial bruits in 55 patients with purulent meningitis as compared to that of 653 afebrile and 155 febrile patients without meningitis showed that 82 per cent of the patients with ...

video: A recent study by Orlando Health found a smartphone-based device known as HeartBuds performed just as well as traditional stethoscopes and better than a disposable model in identifying heart ...