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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most deadly diseases worldwide leaving behind diabetes and cancer. Being connected to ageing population above 65 years is prone to CVDs; hence a new trend of healthcare is emerging focusing on preventive health care in order to reduce the number of hospital visits and to enable home care. Auscultation has been open of the oldest and cheapest techniques to examine the heart. Furthermore, the recent advancement in digital technology stethoscopes is renewing the interest in auscultation as a diagnosis tool, namely for applications for the homecare context. A computer-based auscultation opens new possibilities in health management by enabling assessment of the mechanical status of the heart by using inexpensive and non-invasive methods. Computer based heart sound analysis techniques facilitate physicians to diagnose many cardiac disorders, such as …