The S2 heart sound intensity decreases with worsening aortic stenosis due to immobile leaflets. In severe aortic stenosis, the A2 component may not be audible at all. CLINICAL PEARL: In severe ...

The Valsalva maneuver decreases the murmur of aortic stenosis while it increases the murmur of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The S2 heart sound is often paradoxically split in patients with aortic ...

Diagnosing aortic stenosis usually begins with a physical exam. Your healthcare provider often detects a heart murmur, a ...

We present a new method to record and display heart sounds that uses a hand-held ... Compared with aortic stenosis, innocent murmurs primarily contain frequencies of <300 Hz and persist for ...

Aortic stenosis is a condition where the aortic valve in the heart becomes too narrow, resulting in its functional impairment. Oxygenated blood returns from the lungs and flows into the left ...

DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...

BAV is associated with heart conditions such as aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation ... and heart murmur (abnormal heart sound ). The diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) primarily involves ...