Heart Sounds Made Incredibly Easy! provides the information and tools you need to hone your auscultation skills and put them into practice.

Features:

• Fundamentals, such as anatomy, physiology, and assessment of the cardiovascular system and normal heart sounds.
• Abnormal heart sounds, from S₃ and S₄ to murmurs and prosthetic valve.
• Cardiovascular disorders, including causes, patho, and signs of symptoms.
• CD-ROM features more than 50 high-clarity heart sounds.
• Memory joggers and quick quizzes that reinforce learning.
• Now hear this! offers tips for improving your auscultation skills.
• Location, location, location, identifies proper placement of the stethoscope for specific sounds.
• Ages and stages identifies age-related differences in heart sounds.

Contents

1. Anatomy and Physiology
2. Assessment
3. Cardiac Auscultation
4. Heart Sound Origins
5. S₁ and S₂ Heart Sounds
6. S₃ and S₄ Heart Sounds
7. Other Diastolic and Systolic Sounds
8. Murmur Fundamentals
9. Systolic Murmurs
10. Diastolic Murmurs
11. Continuous Murmurs
12. Other Auscultatory Sounds
13. Cardiovascular Disorders

Glossary
Index

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