Heart click
Heart click | |
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Differential diagnosis | mitral stenosis, mitral valve prolapse |
With 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.[citation needed]
- The mitral valve in cases of mitral stenosis may open with an opening snap[1][2] on the beginning of diastole.
- Patients with
- pulmonary stenosis may cause an ejection click[5]immediately after S1.
References
- PMID 13041992.
- ^ "The Auscultation Assistant - Mitral Stenosis". Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- PMID 4692656.
- PMID 16560573.
- ^ "Techniques - Heart Sounds & Murmurs Exam - Physical Diagnosis Skills - University of Washington School of Medicine". Retrieved 2009-03-06.