Reduced Intensity First and Second Heart Sounds | Auscultation #299 | Lesson with Audio

patient thorax when auscultating by stethoscope

patient position during auscultation
The patient was supine during auscultation.

Description

Patients who are obese or have emphysema will often have diminished heart sounds. Hearing these greatly reduced intensity sounds can take practice.

Phonocardiogram

Anatomy

Reduced Intensity First and Second Heart Sounds


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