Auscultation of the Heart: Heart Sounds | Physical Examination

► Sign up here and try our FREE content: ► If you’re an medical educator or faculty member, visit: This video “Auscultation of the Heart: Heart Sounds” is part of the Lecturio course “Physical Examination” ► WATCH the complete course on ► LEARN ABOUT: -The heart sounds and their corresponding heart valves -The location on the chest wall where each heart valve sound is best heard -The physiologic splitting of the second heart sound -The use of the bell and diaphragm found on a stethoscope -What an S3 or S4 heart sound may indicate and how to examine a patient to best hear these sounds -What a left lateral decubitus position is and what it’s used for ► THE PROF: Stephen Holt attended Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and subsequently completed his residency training and Chief Residency at Yale’s Primary Care Internal