University Of Cincinnati Internal Medicine
Abnormal diastolic sounds may help diagnose heart failure.(Cardiovascular Medicine)Boschert, Sherry SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients with decompensated heart failure were three times more likely than patients without heart failure to have S3 or S4 heart sounds detected by sensors in a study of 135 patients seen in emergency departments, Sean P. Collins, M.D., reported.
The add-on sensor device, which attaches to an ECG machine to analyze heart sounds, may allow quicker diagnosis and treatment of patients with heart failure, Dr. Collins said at the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
The abnormal diastolic heart sounds S3 and S4 indicate elevated ...
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