NORMAL AND ABNORMAL EKGs
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| CONDITION | SOUND CHARACTERISTIC | FILE SIZE (Kb) |
DURATION (Seconds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Normal heart sounds | 47.3 | 2.20 |
| Acute rheumatic fever | Loud first sound | 43.1 | 2.00 |
| Mitral stenosis | Accentuated first sound | 40.6 | 1.89 |
| Mitral stenosis | Opening snap | 46.1 | 2.04 |
| Mitral stenosis | Short, mid-diastolic murmur | 39.7 | 1.80 |
| Mitral stenosis | Presystolic murmur | 43.1 | 2.50 |
| Mitral regurgitation | Systolic murmur | 38.8 | 1.80 |
| Mitral regurgitation | Systolic
murmur, high pitched and blowing type |
32.3 | 1.50 |
| Mitral regurgiation | Systolic
murmur, crescendo type |
32.3 | 1.50 |
| Mitral regurgiation | Late systolic
murmur, crescendo type |
32.3 | 1.50 |
| Mitral regurgiation | Mid systolic
click and late systolic murmur |
37.8 | 1.76 |
| Mitral regurgiation | Holosystolic murmur | 32.3 | 1.50 |
| Mitral regurgiation | Third heart sound | 37.0 | 1.72 |
| Mitral regurgiation+ Mitral stenosis |
All sound
features of mitral stenosis and mitral regurgitation |
40.6 | 2.14 |
| Aortic insufficiency | Loud systolic
ejection murmur, third sound |
30.8 | 1.97 |
| Aortic stenosis | Opening snap of
aortic valve, early systolic ejection sound |
22.3 | 1.43 |
| Pulmonary stenosis | Harsh systolic ejection murmur | 27.8 | 1.78 |
| Tricuspid regurgitation | Holosystolic
murmur, high pitched, lower during expiration and louder during inspiration |
91.7 | 4.26 |
| Ventricular sepatal defect | Continuous murmur | 24.2 | 1.54 |
| Atrial septal defect | Abnormal
splitting of second sound during expiration |
42.6 | 1.98 |
| Patent ductus arteriosus | Continuous "machinery" murmur | 40.5 | 2.59 |
| Coarctation of aorta | Systolic murmur | 23.4 | 1.49 |
| Right bundle branch block | Abnormal
splitting of first sound |
35.4 | 1.64 |
| Complet heart block | Slow heart
rate, varying first sound |
82.6 | 3.84 |
| Systemic hypertension | Accentuated second sound | 33.9 | 1.57 |