Murmur and Heart Sounds Glossary Flashcards
(15 cards)
Auscultation
Listening to heart sounds
Frequency
Pitch
Holosystolic
Complete ejection period
Intensity
Signal strength
Noncompliant
exceeding chamber stiffness
Pansystolic
Same as holosystolic
Pitch
Frequency of the sound
Diastolic rumble
The vibration of a combination of two murmurs; flow and turbulence
Opening snap
Sound of mitral valve trying to open in a stenotic state
Crescendo
Increased in loudness
Decrescendo
Decreasing in loudness
Bruit
Continuous sound created by stenosis
Gallop
Summation of sounds and murmurs (S3 or S4)
Murmur
Sounds produced by bloodflow
Systolic ejection murmur
Sound created during systole can be normal or abnormal