Detection of Pathologic Heart Murmurs Using a Piezoelectric Sensor [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 This study aimed to evaluate the capability of a piezoelectric sensor to detect a heart murmur in patients with congenital heart defects. Heart sounds and murmurs were recorded using a piezoelectric sensor and an electronic stethoscope in healthy ...
Kiichi Takahashi +6 more
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Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Heart Murmurs Detected on Cardiac Auscultation in 856 Cats [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Background: Cardiac auscultation is one of the most important clinical tools to identify patients with a potential heart disease. Although several publications have reported the prevalence of murmurs in cats, little information is available in relation ...
Luca Ferasin +3 more
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Standardization of Dolphin Cardiac Auscultation and Characterization of Heart Murmurs in Managed and Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Cardiac auscultation is an important, albeit underutilized tool in aquatic animal medicine due to the many challenges associated with in-water examinations.
Barbara K. Linnehan +17 more
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Evaluation of bronchial narrowing in coughing dogs with heart murmurs using computed tomography [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2021 Background The origin of cough in dogs with heart murmurs is controversial, because the cough could be primary cardiac (eg, pulmonary edema, bronchi compression by left‐sided cardiomegaly) or respiratory (eg, bronchomalacia, other bronchial or ...
Matthieu Lebastard +5 more
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Interrater and intrarater agreement on heart murmurs [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2022 Objective To investigate interrater and intrarater agreement between physicians and medical students on heart sound classification from audio recordings, and factors predicting agreement with a reference classification.Design Intra- and interrater ...
Stian Andersen +5 more
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A randomized, controlled trial of an innovative, multimedia instructional program for acquiring auditory skill in identifying pediatric heart murmurs [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 ObjectiveTo create a brief, acceptable, innovative method for self-paced learning to enhance recognition of pediatric heart murmurs by medical students, and to demonstrate this method's effectiveness in a randomized, controlled trial.Materials and ...
Robin W. Doroshow +4 more
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A machine‐learning algorithm to grade heart murmurs and stage preclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Internal MedicineBackground The presence and intensity of heart murmurs are sensitive indicators of several cardiac diseases in dogs, particularly myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD), but accurate interpretation requires substantial clinical expertise.
Andrew McDonald +8 more
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Self-Reported Management of Incidentally Detected Heart Murmurs in Puppies: A Survey among Veterinarians [PDF]
AnimalsBackground: Heart murmurs in puppies can be innocent or pathologic; the latter is almost always related to a congenital heart disease. Differentiating between these murmurs can be challenging for practicing veterinarians, but this differentiation is ...
Marie D. B. van Staveren +2 more
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AI-Enhanced Detection of Heart Murmurs: Advancing Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Diagnostics [PDF]
SensorsCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming over 17 million lives annually. Early detection of conditions like heart murmurs, often indicative of heart valve abnormalities, is critical for improving patient outcomes.
Maria-Alexandra Zolya +5 more
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A color spectrographic phonocardiography (CSP) applied to the detection and characterization of heart murmurs: preliminary results [PDF]
BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2011 Background Although cardiac auscultation remains important to detect abnormal sounds and murmurs indicative of cardiac pathology, the application of electronic methods remains seldom used in everyday clinical practice.
Hassani Kamran +4 more
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