Fetal tele-echocardiography increases prenatal detection of critical congenital heart disease
(CCHD). Sharma et al1 reported that adequate screening for fetal heart disease is feasible …

Changes in medical practice that limit instruction time and patient availability, the expanding
options for diagnosis and management, and advances in technology are contributing to …

Context.—Medical educators have had a growing sense that proficiency in physical
diagnostic skills is waning, but few data have examined the question critically. Objective …

PURPOSE: Cardiac auscultation is suffering from a declining interest caused by competing
diagnostic technology and, possibly, inadequate teaching and testing of physicians-in …

Abstract The American College of Cardiology (ACC) participated in a joint project with the
American Society of Echocardiography, the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography, and …

An analytical model based on a single-DOF is proposed for extracting the characteristic
waveforms (CSCW) from the cardiac sounds recorded by an electric stethoscope. Also, the …

We conducted a multicenter, cross-sectional assessment of pulmonary auscultatory skills
among medical students and housestaff. Our study included 194 medical students, 18 …

Objective. The aim of this study is to determine the level of clinical auscultation skills in
pediatric residents at Duke University Medical Center. Methods. Forty-seven residents from …

Most children with heart murmurs do not have cardiac disease. A complete examination,
including precordial palpation, auscultation of the two heart sounds and listening for systolic …

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of clinical assessment of heart murmurs in
children and specific clinical features that are predictive of cardiac disease. Design …