“The physiologic capabilities of the heart are enormous, and in judging the effect of any undue exertion on it, we must not regard the murmurs of the irregularity alone, but must also consider carefully, the way in which the heart is doing its work, its strength, as shown by its ability to maintain proper arterial tension, and its recuperative power. As with other muscles, not size but quality ...

“The physiologic capabilities of the heart are enormous, and in judging the effect of any undue exertion on it, we must not regard the murmurs of the irregularity alone, but must also consider carefully, the way in which the heart is doing its work, its strength, as shown by its ability to maintain proper arterial tension, and its recuperative power. As with other muscles, not size but quality ...

BACKGROUND Chronic mitral valve disease is frequently seen in the Dachshund. Dachshunds (n=207) made up 11.73% of the dogs admitted to the Cardiology Service at the Small Animal Clinic, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland (first visits only). RESULTS Of these, 35 dogs had no clinically detectable heart disease while 172 had chronic valve disease with the mitral valve affected most ofte...

Two patients with renal arteriovenous fistulae are described, who presented in high output failure. Murmurs were detected in these patients on routine physical examination years before, and when cardiac failure ensued they were assumed to have decompensated valvar heart disease. Full investigation revealed the arteriovenous fistulae and both patients made a good recovery after surgical ligation.

The Phonocardiogram (PCG) signals contain very useful information about the condition of the heart. By analyzing these signals, early detection and diagnosis of heart diseases can be done. It is also very useful in the case of infants, where ECG recording and other techniques are difficult to implement. In this paper, a classification method is proposed to classify normal and abnormal heart sou...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that medical students and post-graduate trainees need to improve their proficiency in cardiac auscultation. Technologic advances have created new learner-centered opportunities to enhance proficiency in this important physical examination skill. OBJECTIVES We sought to determine if technology-based, self-directed learning tools improved the cardiac auscu...

BACKGROUND The general proficiency in physical diagnostic skills seems to be declining in relation to the development of new technologies. The few studies that have examined this question have invariably used recordings of cardiac events obtained from patients. However, this type of evaluation may not correlate particularly well with bedside skills. Our objectives were 1) To compare the cardiac...