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12/23/2025

🫀 What's causing that sound? Swipe through to learn the most common causes of heart murmurs!
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12/22/2025

We take pride in every member of our team! This week, the spotlight is on Satenik Rustamyan, our Clinical Data Specialist. ❤️

Friendly reminder: you can leave questions for our team in the comments below – we’ll be sure to answer them all! 👇

12/18/2025

👉 Let's continue discussing how to assess heart murmurs. Always evaluate phonoscopic findings in the context of the patient's symptoms and complaints.
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12/16/2025

Let's explore the key points for artery examination:

🩺Right Carotid Point

Find it next to your Adam's apple (thyroid cartilage) on the right side of your neck

🩺Left Carotid Point

Mirror the right-side position on your left neck

📝Pro Tip: Healthcare providers locate these points by first feeling for your pulse, then carefully placing their stethoscope over the area. They're listening for bruits (unusual sounds) that might signal potential issues like carotid artery stenosis.

Key Examination Tips:

🔸Apply gentle pressure – too much can affect blood flow

🔸Compare sounds between both sides

🔸Remember: healthy carotid arteries are typically silent!

This information is educational. Always seek professional medical advice for proper evaluation and diagnosis.

12/11/2025

ECG interpretation can be tough–but it doesn't have to be. We're here to help!

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12/10/2025

Future healthcare professionals, stop memorizing and start remembering!

This carousel is packed with essential heart valve mnemonics. Get ready to crush that anatomy/physiology quiz. Scroll & Save!

12/08/2025

The 3rd additional heart sound, designated as S3, arises when blood strikes the ventricular wall during rapid filling at the beginning of diastole. A physiological S3 is normal in children and healthy young adults.

⚙️ Mechanism of Origin
S3 is produced by the abrupt deceleration of blood flow as it moves from the atria into the ventricles (mainly the left ventricle) during early diastolic filling. This rapid filling creates vibrations in the ventricular walls and surrounding structures, generating the sound.

🔬 Clinical Significance
S3 can be physiological or pathological, making it an important diagnostic finding.

Physiological S3 (Normal)
• It is commonly observed in children, adolescents, and young adults (as noted in the provided text).
• It can also be normal in pregnant women and highly trained athletes.
• In these cases, it reflects a pliable, elastic ventricle and rapid blood filling.

Pathological S3 (Indication of Disease)
• If S3 is heard in adults (particularly middle-aged and older), it generally indicates pathology, most commonly heart failure (HF).

• A pathological S3 is often referred to as a protodiastolic gallop rhythm, as the sequence of S1-S2-S3 resembles the sound of a galloping horse.

Pathological S3 is associated with:

• Left ventricular dysfunction (systolic HF): Suggests impaired contractility or increased residual volume after systole and is a sensitive sign of ventricular dysfunction.

• Volume overload: Seen in significant mitral or tricuspid regurgitation, where excessive blood returns to the ventricle and increases filling.

The presence of S3 in an adult is therefore an important early sign of heart failure or other conditions causing marked cardiac volume overload.

📚 Source: O’Gara, P. T., & Loscalzo, J. (2022). Auscultation of the Heart. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 21st ed.

12/05/2025

Mitral Regurgitation (MR) is a condition in which the mitral valve does not close completely, allowing blood to flow backward from the left ventricle into the left atrium.
But did you know that the speed of its development fundamentally changes the clinical picture and prognosis?
➡️ Swipe through the carousel to learn more about the signs and management strategies!
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12/04/2025

⚕️Our Clinical Data Specialist Kassiano Ribeiro da Paz continues to respond to your questions.

👇Feel free to send us yours, and our team will answer asap. DM us or comment below!

12/02/2025

Tag your colleagues and share in the comments how you make a heart shape/gesture 🫀💓

12/01/2025

"Try Pulling My Aorta" is a very popular way to remember the correct order of the four heart valves as blood flows through the heart:
❤️ This mnemonic helps you remember the sequence of the valves in the direction of blood flow:
Try – Tricuspid Valve�Separates the Right Atrium from the Right Ventricle.
Pulling – Pulmonary Valve�Separates the Right Ventricle from the Pulmonary Artery (blood going to the lungs).
My – Mitral Valve (Bicuspid)�Separates the Left Atrium from the Left Ventricle.
Aorta – Aortic Valve�Separates the Left Ventricle from the Aorta (blood going to the body).

Clear understanding of valve order and blood flow pathways is essential for interpreting cardiac physiology, murmurs, and pathology. Mnemonics like this transform memorization into true comprehension.
🫀 Better knowledge leads to better care.

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