Atlanta, GA - The Heart Sounds Tutorial, an online simulation of a cardiac physical examination, will be demonstrated throughout the American College of Cardiology 51st Annual Scientific Session.

S1 is the first heart sound that doctors can hear using a stethoscope. The vibrations that occur when the mitral and tricuspid valves in the heart close produce the S1 sound. There are two common ...

IT IS possible that the existence of the heart sounds was known to Hippocrates 1 and even that he made use of his knowledge for diagnostic purposes, but William Harvey 2 seems to have been the first ...