Heart Click Information
With the advent of newer, non-invasive imaging techniques, the origin of other, so-called adventitial sounds or heart clicks has been appreciated. These are short, high-pitched sounds.
- The atrioventricular valves of patients with mitral stenosis may open with an opening snap[1][2] on the beginning of diastole.
- Patients with mitral valve prolapse may have a mid-systolic click along with a murmur.[3]
- Aortic and pulmonary stenosis may cause an ejection click[4] immediately after S1.
References
- ^ MOUNSEY P (April 1953). "The opening snap of mitral stenosis". Br Heart J 15 (2): 135–42. doi:10.1136/hrt.15.2.135. PMC 479479. PMID 13041992. http://heart.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=13041992.
- ^ "The Auscultation Assistant - Mitral Stenosis". http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/MSmain.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ Rizzon P, Biasco G, Brindicci G, Mauro F (March 1973). "Familial syndrome of midsystolic click and late systolic murmur". Br Heart J 35 (3): 245–59. doi:10.1136/hrt.35.3.245. PMC 458599. PMID 4692656. http://heart.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=4692656.
- ^ "Techniques - Heart Sounds & Murmurs Exam - Physical Diagnosis Skills - University of Washington School of Medicine". http://depts.washington.edu/physdx/heart/tech3.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
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Categories: Cardiology | Audible medical signs
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