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"...bedside clinical assessment, including auscultation, continues to be important...In pre- and postoperative assessment, echocardiography should be used in conjunction with auscultation. We have observed that reliance solely on echocardiography can be misleading in the assessment of valvular stenosis." |
S. Victor, F.R.C.P., et al. The Heart Institute Chennai, India |
Tex Heart Inst J. 1999; 26(2) 160. |
"An actual (not simulated) patient-centered teaching conference is an effective clinical method of improving cardiac auscultatory skills and diagnostic proficiency of health care professionals." |
Mayo Clinic Proceedings November 2005 vol. 80 no.11 1433-1448 |
S. Kimara March, MD, et al. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester, MN |
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Welcome to the Robert J. Hall Heart Sounds Research Laboratory website. The Heart Sounds Lab is located in the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas. This website provides educational material regarding auscultation of the heart for the medical student, nurse, intern, resident, and cardiologist. The Heart Sounds Lab and this website are made possible through the generous contributions made to the Robert J. Hall Chair. For more information about the lab and its history, please click on "History". |
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"In the physical examination of the heart, the old adage, "you only see what you look for" holds true with modification to, "you only hear what you listen for." Although a very experienced clinician may listen to a polyglot of noises, compare them to an internal matrix and make a correct diagnosis with, "that sounds like...," for us mere mortals, proper auscultation requires that you listen carefully and thoughtfully to one thing at a time." |
James M. Wilson, MD Heart Sounds Lab Director |
Check out our auscultation programs available on interactive CD's, including our new bilingual (English/Spanish) CD, "Auscultation: Heart Sounds." Also, coming soon a two-part DVD set based on the auscultation lectures of Dr. James Wilson. |
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