Third and Fourth Heart Sound Gallop 676 Lesson

patient thorax when auscultating by stethoscope

patient position during auscultation
The patient was supine during auscultation.

Description

On this page, we present a recording of a third and fourth heart sound gallop. Note that the third and fourth heart sounds are low frequency. S4 has a pitch somewhat lower than S3.

Patients with heart failure will often have a third heart sound. As the patient's condition improves, this S3 becomes a third and fourth heart sound gallop.

Phonocardiogram

Anatomy

Third and Fourth Heart Sound Gallop 676


Authors and Sources

Authors and Reviewers

Sources

  • Heart and Lung Sounds Reference Library Diane S. Wrigley
    Publisher: PESI
  • Impact Patient Care: Key Physical Assessment Strategies and the Underlying Pathophysiology
    Diane S Wrigley & Rosale Lobo
  • Practical Clinical Skills: Lung Sounds
  • PESI Faculty - Diane S Wrigley
  • Case Profiles in Respiratory Care 3rd Ed, 2019
    William A.French
    Published by Delmar Cengage
  • Essential Lung Sounds by William A. French
    Published by Cengage Learning, 2011
  • Understanding Lung Sounds Steven Lehrer, MD
  • Clinical Heart Disease W Proctor Harvey, MD
    Clinical Heart Disease
    Laennec Publishing; 1st edition (January 1, 2009)
  • Heart and Lung Sounds Reference Guide
    PracticalClinicalSkills.com




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