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| Process of listening to heart sounds. |
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| First heart sound. Caused by closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves at the beginning of the ventricular systole and isometric contraction |
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| The second heart sound. Made by the closure of the aortic and pulmonary valves at the beginning of ventricular distole and isometric relaxation. |
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| Clicking or swooshing noise heard between heart sounds. Caused by a valve leaking (regurgitation) or a valve that has lost its pliability ( stenosis) |
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| If a heart rate is over 100 beats per minute. |
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