Additional Heart Sounds—Part 1 (Third and Fourth Heart Sounds)

S3 is a low-pitched sound (25–50Hz) which is heard in early diastole, following the second heart sound. The following synonyms are used for it: ventricular gallop, early diastolic gallop, protodiastolic gallop, and ventricular early filling sound. The term “gallop” was first used in 1847 by Jean Bap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ramya Pechetty, Lalita Nemani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-06-01
Series:Indian Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1713828