Clinical Cuts: Abnormal heart sounds

Most of the time the heart can hold a beat, but sometimes it can sound off-rhythm or wonky. Learn about abnormal heart sounds in today's #ClinicalCuts!

If you put a stethoscope over the chest, you’ll usually hear something that sounds like "lub dub, lub dub, lub dub," which repeats over and over again with each cardiac cycle, or heartbeat.

In total, our heart has four valves.
• Two atrioventricular valves on the left side, between the atria and the ventricles: the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve
• Two semilunar valves, between the ventricles and the large arteries coming off of them: the pulmonary valve (right side) and the aortic valve (left side)

Normally in every heartbeat, some valves open and allow blood to pass through, and others close to hold blood within a chamber. The sound of the closing of each of these valves is projected onto the chest wall.

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[pmkmishra]

Can the heart murmur be heard by the patient without a stethoscope?

[rainej]

All the terrible quacks should’ve known years before when I had a heart murmur and I went to a specialist and he said it was fine and it wasn’t.
I was 13 years old.
No one told me all these years Now they say I’m in heart failure.

Had to go to so many cardiologists before I found one that actually helped me . I had mitral valve prolapse, and the doctor didn’t do it properly and my valve was still leaking and I got intravascular haemolysis severely then I had to get a second open-heart surgery, and then they left an object behind and had to cut me open again two days to retrieve it later.
I’m telling you, the malpractice is atrocious that I went through.
And I can’t sue them.
At least I’m born again and Jesus Christ is my savior, so I’m not worried about anything that happens to me now I have absolutely no fear. Do you know why because Jesus took it .❤

[nandini]

I am feeling like my heart is ringing even I can experience it....😢 what should I do....pls tell me