"Heart Sounds" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The sounds heard over the cardiac region produced by the functioning of the heart. There are four distinct sounds: the first occurs at the beginning of SYSTOLE and is heard as a "lubb" sound; the second is produced by the closing of the AORTIC VALVE and PULMONARY VALVE and is heard as a "dupp" sound; the third is produced by vibrations of the ventricular walls when suddenly distended by the rush of blood from the HEART ATRIA; and the fourth is produced by atrial contraction and ventricular filling.
| Descriptor ID |
D006347
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G09.330.380.510
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| Concept/Terms |
Heart Sounds- Heart Sounds
- Heart Sound
- Sound, Heart
- Sounds, Heart
- Cardiac Sounds
- Cardiac Sound
- Sound, Cardiac
- Sounds, Cardiac
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heart Sounds" by people in Profiles.
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Spodick DH. Heart sounds: important and neglected. Am J Cardiol. 2010 Apr 01; 105(7):1040.
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Spodick DH. Audibility of fourth heart sound. Chest. 1999 Apr; 115(4):1218-9.
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Spodick DH. Quis custodeit custodes ipsos? Circulation. 1994 Nov; 90(5):2565-6.
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Spodick DH. Tuberculous pericarditis. BMJ. 1994 Jan 01; 308(6920):61.
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Spodick DH. Acute cardiac tamponade. Am Heart J. 1991 Dec; 122(6):1794.
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Spodick DH. Aging, myocardial compliance and ventricular filling sounds. Am J Cardiol. 1988 Apr 01; 61(10):872-3.
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Spodick DH. Early diastolic sound. Chest. 1985 Feb; 87(2):271-2.
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Spodick DH. Third heart sound in right ventricular infarction and constrictive pericardial disease. Am J Cardiol. 1980 Apr; 45(4):906.
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Spodick DH. Case 1-1979: pericarditis or myocardial disease? N Engl J Med. 1979 May 10; 300(19):1119.
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Kino M, Spodick DH. The effect of near-maximal isometric stress on the presence and amplitude of fourth heart sounds. Am J Med Sci. 1977 Jul-Aug; 274(1):27-33.