First and Second Heart Sounds - Reduced Intensity C31 #73 | Lesson with Audio

patient thorax when auscultating by stethoscope

patient position during auscultation
The patient was supine during auscultation.

Description

This is a simulation of a first heart sound and a second heart sound with greatly reduced intensity. This can be seen in an obese patient or a patient with emphysema. It is a challenge to your ability to hear these reduced intensity sounds.

Phonocardiogram

Anatomy

First and Second Heart Sounds - Reduced Intensity C31


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