- fourth heart sound gallop
- S4 g.
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Fourth heart sound — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|427.9 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = The fourth heart sound or S4 is a rare extra heart sound that occurs immediately before the… … Wikipedia
fourth heart sound — (S4) the heart sound associated with atrial contraction, occurring during the presystolic phase of diastole. It is rarely audible in normal hearts but when accentuated is usually called an S4 gallop. See also gallop rhythm, under rhythm … Medical dictionary
Heart sounds — Front of thorax, showing surface relations of bones, lungs (purple), pleura (blue), and heart (red outline). The location of best auscultation for each heart valve are labeled with M , T , A , and P . First heart sound: caused by atrioventricular … Wikipedia
gallop — A triple cadence to the heart sounds; due to an abnormal third or fourth heart sound being heard in addition to the first and second sounds, and usually indicative of serious disease. SYN: bruit de galop, cantering rhythm, g. rhythm, Traube bruit … Medical dictionary
Heart murmur — For the French motion picture, see Murmur of the Heart. Cardiac murmurs and other cardiac sounds Auscultogram from normal and abnormal heart sounds ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Heart click — 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… … Wikipedia
sound — 1. The vibrations produced by a sounding body, transmitted by the air or other medium, and perceived by the internal ear. 2. An elongated cylindrical, usually curved, instrument of metal, used for exploring the bladder or other cavities of the… … Medical dictionary
Diastolic heart murmur — Auscultogram from normal and abnormal heart sounds Diastolic heart murmurs are heart murmurs heard during diastole.[1] … Wikipedia
S4 gallop — an accentuated, audible fourth heart sound usually associated with cardiac disease, often that characterized by altered ventricular compliance … Medical dictionary
heart sounds — the sounds heard over the cardiac region in auscultation, which are produced by the functioning of the heart. The first and second are normally audible as the “lubb duppâ€sound, the third is normally audible only in youth, and the fourth is… … Medical dictionary
