Distant Heart Sound

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Etiology 3 More General Terms 4 References

Introduction

• Diminished or quiet heart sounds when the chest is auscultated with a stethoscope.

Etiology

• COPD
• obesity
• pericardial tamponade
• restrictive cardiomyopathy
• pericarditis
• rheumatic fever
• pneumothorax
• acute myocardial infarction
• hypothyroidism
• Addison's disease
• panhypopituitarism
• hypovolemia
• beta-blocker toxicity

More General Terms

• sign/symptom

References

1. DiagnosisPro [1]

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