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splitting of the heart sound [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A duplication of the first or second heart sounds. Splitting of the first heart sound may result from unequal closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves, as in bundle-branch block; splitting of the second is due to asynchronous closure of the pulmonary and aortic valves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Séparation d'un bruit du cœur en ses deux composantes, mitrale et tricuspide pour le dédoublement du premier bruit, aortique et pulmonaire pour le dédoublement du deuxième bruit.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
DEF

A reduplication or doubling of the first or second heart sound, due to failure of the valves on the two sides of the heart to close at precisely the same instant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur

Spanish

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