Heart sound: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Robert Badgett
(Started 'Abnormal heart sounds')
imported>Robert Badgett
Line 23: Line 23:
* Paradoxical split S<sub>2</sub> may be from
* Paradoxical split S<sub>2</sub> may be from
** Conduction abnormalities: left bundle branch block, artificial RV pacing, preexcitation of the RV
** Conduction abnormalities: left bundle branch block, artificial RV pacing, preexcitation of the RV
** Hemodynamic abnormalities: aortic valve stenosis  
** Hemodynamic abnormalities: [[aortic valve stenosis]]
* Wide split S<sub>2</sub> may be from
* Wide split S<sub>2</sub> may be from
** Conduction abnormalities: right bundle branch block, artificial LV pacing, and preexcitation of the LV
** Conduction abnormalities: right bundle branch block, artificial LV pacing, and preexcitation of the LV

Revision as of 21:48, 6 November 2008

This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

In medicine, heart sounds are 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."[1]

Normal heart sounds

The location of the heart below the thoracic wall.

A diagram of the cardiac cycle is available and helps understand the normal heart sounds.[2]

S1

S1, which originates from closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves is normally louder than S2 at the cardiac apex (fifth left intercostal space).[3]

S2

S2 is normally louder than S1 at the cardiac base (second left intercostal space).[4]

The S2 is composed of A2 and P2:

  • A2 originates from closure of the aortic valve
  • P2 originates from closure of the pulmonic valve, is best heard at the cardiac base (second left intercostal space), and is quieter than A2.
    • During expiration, A2 and P2 are perceived as a single sound in 90% of people.[5][6]
    • During inspiration, the interval between A2 and P2 lengthens ('splits') and may as long as 60 msecs.[6]

Abnormal heart sounds

  • Fixed split S2 may be from interatrial communication such as atrial septal defect
    • Hemodynamic abnormalities:
  • Paradoxical split S2 may be from
    • Conduction abnormalities: left bundle branch block, artificial RV pacing, preexcitation of the RV
    • Hemodynamic abnormalities: aortic valve stenosis
  • Wide split S2 may be from
    • Conduction abnormalities: right bundle branch block, artificial LV pacing, and preexcitation of the LV
    • Hemodynamic abnormalities: pulmonary stenosis and pulmonary hypertension

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Heart sound (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. (1990) “The First Heart Sound”, Walker HK, Hall WD, Hurst JW: Clinical methods: the history, physical, and laboratory examinations (in English), 3rd. London: Butterworths. LCC RC71 .C63. ISBN 0-409-90077-X. “See image of cardiac cycle at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cm&partid=333&rendertype=figure&id=A684”  Library of Congress
  3. McGee, Steven R. (2007). “The First and Second Heart Sounds”, Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis, 2nd. Philadelphia: Saunders, 418. ISBN 1-4160-2898-6. 
  4. McGee, Steven R. (2007). “Auscultation of the Heart: General Principles”, Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis, 2nd. Philadelphia: Saunders, 415. ISBN 1-4160-2898-6. 
  5. McGee, Steven R. (2007). “The First and Second Heart Sounds”, Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis, 2nd. Philadelphia: Saunders, 422. ISBN 1-4160-2898-6. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Harris A, Sutton G (November 1968). "Second heart sound in normal subjects". British heart journal 30 (6): 739–42. PMID 5718983. PMC 487796[e] PubMed Central

Bibliography

See also