Author: Johnson Francis

Simplest form of dynamic auscultation is checking the effect of inspiration and expiration on the various auscultatory events, which we are taught in the very beginning of our

By definition, continuous murmur is one which starts in systole and continues through the second heart sound into diastole. It need not be present throughout the cardiac cycle.

Auscultatory gap is the absence of Korotkoff sounds while recording blood pressure for a short period. If the cuff pressure is not raised well above the palpatory blood