Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The basic premise of the stethoscope has been around for centuries, largely unchanged. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision via Getty ...

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 ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans die from heart disease–the leading cause of death in the country. In some ...

“We’ve called it Shazam for heartbeats. You know Shazam, the music identification app that helps you figure out what song is playing in Starbucks. We do the same thing, but for heart sounds.” That’s ...

Background and Goal: This study evaluated the performance of an artificial intelligence–enabled electrocardiogram (AI-ECG) and an AI-powered digital stethoscope to see how well they could detect early ...

Share on Pinterest Findings from two studies suggest that AI-assisted stethoscopes can detect valvular heart disease much earlier than traditional stethoscopes. Image credit: runner of art/Getty ...

Heart auscultation by primary care providers detected heart murmurs in nearly 1 in 4 individuals in a Norwegian population. While murmurs were particularly useful for detecting aortic stenosis, their ...

An aortic stenosis murmur is an unusual sound the heart makes due to a narrowing of the aortic heart valve. The narrowed heart valve restricts blood flow from the heart, which can create a murmur.

When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a stethoscope is a telltale sign that they’re a clinician. This medical device has been around for over 200 years and remains a staple ...