Heart click

With the advent of newer, non-invasive imaging techniques, the origin of other, so-called adventitial sounds or heart clicks has been appreciated. These are short, high-pitched sounds.

• The atrioventricular valves of patients with mitral stenosis may open with an opening snap^[1][2] on the beginning of diastole.

• Patients with mitral valve prolapse may have a mid-systolic click along with a murmur.^[3]

• Aortic and pulmonary stenosis may cause an ejection click^[4] immediately after S₁.

References

1. ^ MOUNSEY P (April 1953). "The opening snap of mitral stenosis". Br Heart J 15 (2): 135–42. doi:10.1136/hrt.15.2.135. PMC 479479. PMID 13041992. http://heart.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=13041992. 
2. ^ "The Auscultation Assistant - Mitral Stenosis". http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/MSmain.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
3. ^ Rizzon P, Biasco G, Brindicci G, Mauro F (March 1973). "Familial syndrome of midsystolic click and late systolic murmur". Br Heart J 35 (3): 245–59. doi:10.1136/hrt.35.3.245. PMC 458599. PMID 4692656. http://heart.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=4692656. 
4. ^ "Techniques - Heart Sounds & Murmurs Exam - Physical Diagnosis Skills - University of Washington School of Medicine". http://depts.washington.edu/physdx/heart/tech3.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06.