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Changes in Cardiac Sound
We will auscultate the heart using the Auscultation Simulator. Only a single cardiac sound or cardiac
murmur will be produced from the 4 auscultation points. However, as is the case when auscultating
on an actual patient, the I sound and II sound spread mutually, and at the cardiac apex a I > II , at the
cardiac base a I < II relationship is reproduced.
We have attached a simple electrocardiogram and explanation for each of the following 20 cases.
Please listen to them every day repeatedly even if it is only for a short time. We hope it is useful in
improving your auscultation skills.
(1) Normal (II sound no break-ups)
(2) Normal (II sound break-ups)
(3) Abnormal (II sound break-ups)
Each of the auscultation points of the heart is shown as
A Right cardiac base (around aorta)
P Left cardiac base (around pulmonary artery)
T Left sternal edge/third intercostal space (around
tricuspid valve)
M Cardiac apex
First, compare the volume of the I sound and the II
sound at each point.
Next, apply a stethoscope to P. The II sound will
break up three times and twice it will be a single
sound. The interval of the break-up is 0.03 seconds,
which shows normal respiratory disruption.
Again at P, this time the II sound break-up can be
heard at a much longer interval (0.08 seconds). This
is a typical characteristic of complete right heart
block, etc.