23 Heart Sounds

- S1: closure of MV, LV > LA
- S2: closure of AV, LV < aortic pressure

- S1: QRS, depolarization of ventricles, contract, close mitral and tricuspid valves
- S2: aortic closes first
Splitting
Physiologic

- inspiration: increased venous return to RV, longer for RV to pump blood, delays PV closure
Persistent

- exhalation: some separation of aortic and pulmonic components of S2, increases with inspiration, doesn't go away in exhalation
- RBBB: delayed contraction of RV, even during exhalation, PV closure late
- PHTN: dilated RV, delayed closure of PV even during exhalation
- anything delays contraction of RV: electrical (RBBB) or structural (dilated)

Fixed

- ASD: blood from left to right, always have increased venous return to right, even during exhalation
- doesn't change in size during exhalation/inspiration, different from persistent
- child with shortness of breath and fixed split S2 = ASD

Paradoxical

- split during exhalation and single during inhalation
- exhalation: AV closure delayed
- inhalation: venous return delays PV closure, single heart sound

- pacemaker: signal to RV first, delayed left closure
- HCM: blockage to flow from thickened septum

Pathologic
P2

S3

- quick moving blood hits wall


- pt lie on left side on exam table
- Kentucky

- between s2 and s1 is diastole

- slams blood hitting stiff wall and making a loud noise, requires atrial kick, can't occur in afib
- Tennessee


- between s2 and s1 is diastole
Clicks

- sound like click and in systole

- normal: leveled plane
- MVP: leaflets bellow up into LA, leaflets damaged and stretched, cause click when leaflets snap up into LA like a parachute, small amount of mitral regurge after click

- click and holosystolic: sounds like mitral regurge with S3
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