S1 and S2 are the normal heart sounds you hear when the heart valves close. Heart murmurs are extra sounds that can be heard during systole, diastole, or as a continuous sound. S3 and S4 are abnormal ...

San Francisco, CA - Calling into question the "time-honored" tradition of using third and fourth heart sounds to identify cardiac abnormalities, a new study indicates that the overall diagnostic ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have high blood pressure, formally known as hypertension—and 20 percent of those people are unaware ...

“Lub-dub…lub-dub…lub-dub…” That’s the sound a healthy heart makes as its valves close after each pump. Your doctor wants to hear this sound when listening to your heartbeat with a stethoscope. But if ...

Experts note that the traditional methods can miss many clinically significant cases of valvular heart disease. The new study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sudden onset of irregular heart rhythms can be disorienting. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus Atrial fibrillation, or ...

Chest pain and palpitations have become two of the most frequent causes of people rushing to a hospital or typing their symptoms into the search engine. One only needs to feel a sudden chest squeeze, ...

Valentina Dargam receives funding from Florida Heart Research Foundation and National Institute of Health. Joshua Hutcheson receives funding from the Florida Heart Research Foundation, the American ...