Location: The location of the heart sound can help determine the etiology. The standard listening posts (aortic, pulmonic, tricuspid and mitral) apply to both heart sounds and murmurs. For example ...

It is the first heart sound and is the "lubb" sound in lubb-dupp. The S1 sound is made when the mitral and tricuspid valves close, preventing blood from backflowing into the atria. The diastolic ...

Sometimes, if the doctor can hear the third and fourth sounds, it may indicate a potential problem with heart function. Vibrations from closing the two valves known as the mitral and tricuspid ...

People with tricuspid regurgitation often have a heart murmur. A heart murmur is a whooshing sound that your provider can hear when they listen to your heart with a stethoscope. An echocardiogram is ...

S1 is the first heart sound that doctors can hear using a stethoscope. The vibrations that occur when the mitral and tricuspid valves in the heart close produce the S1 sound. There are two common ...

On the clinical side, White, 27 in his well known textbook on diseases of the heart, says, "the first sound, loudest at the apex, is produced by closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves ...

The diagnostic tool works based on the sounds produced by the heart. The organ creates a "lub" noise as it closes the mitral and tricuspid valves, pauses as ventricular relaxation occurs and the ...

The "lub" (systolic sound) happens when part of the heart contracts, and the mitral and tricuspid valves close. The "dub" (diastolic sound) occurs when part of the heart relaxes, and the aortic ...

Risks for structural heart disease and noncardiac complications are markedly different with tricuspid valves vs aortic and mitral valves. For example, severe tricuspid regurgitation causes and ...