Heart auscultation (the interpretation by a physician of heart sounds) is a fundamental component in cardiac diagnosis. It is, however, a difficult skill to acquire. In this work, we present a study for a system intended to aid in heart sound analysis. Based on a wavelet decomposition of the sounds and a neural network-based classifier, heart sounds are associated with likely underlying patholo...

Auscultation is an important tool for diagnosing respiratory-related diseases. Unfortunately, the quality of auscultation limited by professional level doctor and environment auscultation. Some studies have focused on automated techniques. However, existing approaches suffer from two challenges: 1) models cannot learn data distributed among multiple hospitals 2) predictions are difficult to int...

Introduction: Sarcoidosis is described as a systemic condition characterized by non-caseating granulomas in multiple organs. In this report, we present an unusual manifestation of cardiac sarcoidosis and review management strategies. Case presentation: A 29-year-old African-American man presented with weight loss, fatigue, dyspnea, palpitations, night sweats, painless left eye redness and bilat...

Fetal heart rate surveillance is a standard component of intrapartum care. The fetal heart rate can be evaluated using intermittent auscultation or electronic fetal monitoring. Research that has compared these 2 strategies found them to be equivalent with respect to long-term neonatal outcomes. The purpose of this clinical bulletin by the American College of Nurse-Midwives is to review the evid...

PCG signal pattern classification, also known as auscultation pattern recognition, was one of the efficient computer-based methods applied to medical decision making. PCG Pattern recognition generally is interpreted in two ways. The most general definition includes recognition of patterns in any type of PCG dataset and is called uniform PCG pattern classification this discriminate peaks of hear...

The patient is a 34-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, who evolved with convulsive crises, partially controlled with an anticonvulsant, and auscultation of a cardiac murmur, whose investigation showed the presence of a mitral valve vegetation. Once the diagnosis of Libman-Sacks endocarditis was established, therapy with warfarin s...