[Auscultation of the heart: an art on the road to extinction].

Auscultation of the heart is a clinical art that allows the doctor to make accurate diagnoses with the skills after formal training. The technology efficiently complements the clinical diagnosis, so that the latter is insufficient without a clinical approach; on the other hand, when the clinical practice is replaced by technology, diagnosis and treatment is equally ineffective. The cult of technology has led to the gradual/ass of the ability of cardiac auscultation, and the doctor has lost a powerful tool with diagnostic potential.