Heart murmurs are common in healthy infants, children, and adolescents. Although most are
not pathologic, a murmur may be the sole manifestation of serious heart disease. Historical …

This study concerns the task of automatic structural heart abnormality risk detection from
digital phonocardiogram (PCG) signals aiming at pediatric heart disease screening …

Aim To explore, synthesise and discuss currently available digital stethoscopes (DS) and the
evidence for their use in paediatric medicine. Methods Systematic review and narrative …

Abstract Background and Objective Early detection of cardiovascular (CV) disease or
associated risk factors during childhood is of paramount importance, allowing for early …

Aim To evaluate the performance of primary healthcare physicians in paediatric cardiac
auscultation and the impact of a multimedia‐based teaching intervention. Methods A total of …

This study assessed a new smartphone-based digital stethoscope (DS) featuring
simultaneous phonocardiographic and one-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) recording in dogs …

This paper describes a system for discriminating innocent from pathologic systolic heart
murmurs in children based on auscultation recordings. For sound signal analysis the use of …

Background and objective: Cardiac auscultation is one of the most important parts of the
cardiological examination traditionally performed with acoustic stethoscopes. The aim of this …

Background: Screening for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its associated risk factors in
childhood facilitates early detection and timely preventive interventions. However, limited …

The goals of this study were to present a technique of digitalised sound recordings and
phonocardiograms (dPCGs), and to analyse its diagnostic capabilities. Heart sounds of 20 …