Welcome to our guide for auscultating the heart. Click on any of the titles below to review assessment tips, view phonocardiograms and listen to audio recordings. Our guide includes a wide range of normal and abnormal heart sounds. iPad edition of Mitral auscultation area library is available on the Practical Clinical Skills web site (www.practicalclinicalskills.com).

Cardiomyopathy - Congestive Moderate Commotio Cordis Exercise - Heart Rate 120 First and Second Heart Sounds - Normal and Unsplit First and Second Heart Sounds - Reduced Intensity First Heart Sound - Decreased Intensity First Heart Sound - Loud Fourth Heart Sound Fourth Heart Sound Gallop Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mid-Systolic Click Mitral Regurgitation Mitral Regurgitation (Pan-systolic Murmur) Mitral Regurgitation - Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Aortic Regurgitation Mitral Stenosis (Diastolic Murmur) Mitral Stenosis - Mild Mitral Stenosis - Moderate Mitral Stenosis - Severe Mitral Stenosis Severe and Regurgitation Mild - Rheumatic Origin Mitral Valve Leaflet Prolapse Mitral Valve Prolapse (Click with late systolic murmur) Mitral Valve Prolapse with Mid Systolic Click - Standing Myocarditis Opening Snap and Second Heart Sound Prosthetic Heart Sound - Mitral Second Heart Sound and a Tumor Plop Second Heart Sound and Late Systolic Click Summation Gallop at 120 beats per minute Third and Fourth Heart Sound Gallop Third Heart Sound - Physiologic Third Heart Sound Gallop - Abnormal