Skip to main content
  • Web report
  • Published:

The Ascultation Assistant

Overview

This site was created with the specific aim of teaching medical students the physical diagnosis of heart conditions. A number of heart sounds are presented, from a normal heartbeat to those sounds which occur in various disease states such as angina. Each sound is accompanied by a description of its pathophysiology. The author of the site is planning to add phonocardiographs in order to help students visualise the sounds that they are hearing.

Content

Although the site was designed with medical students in mind, it is certain to be a useful and interesting resource for anyone who wishes to learn more about heart sounds.

Other comments

23rd June 2000

Evaluation

None. However, in order to use the site, a computer equipped with a sound card and speakers is required.

References

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Waterworth, C. The Ascultation Assistant . Crit Care 4, webreport1863 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1186/ccf-2000-webreport1863

Download citation

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/ccf-2000-webreport1863

Keywords