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 ...

Heart failure sounds alarming—and rightfully so. Yet approximately 6.5 million Americans currently live with this condition, many with the specific variant called systolic heart failure, and a ...

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 ...

When you hear a word like “failure,” especially in the context of “heart failure,” it’s easy for your mind to turn dark. It sounds daunting and untreatable. Those are pretty scary thoughts (to ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- People with heart failure (HF) may have congestion events detected early using a speech processing app on their smartphone, according to preliminary training data from HearO technology.

You've probably heard or read about congestive heart failure. Maybe you've even been told you have it, or know someone who ...

Heart failure sounds scary – because it is. But here’s the thing: millions of Americans are walking around right now with a specific type called systolic heart failure, and many don’t even know it.