phonocardiogram
Sign in to saveAlso known as PCG, phonocardiography
thumb|Phonocardiograms of common murmurs.
Key facts
- Diagnostic.Name
- Phonocardiogram
- Diagnostic.Image
- Phonocardiogram.jpg
- Diagnostic.Caption
- Phonocardiogram and jugular venous pulse tracing from a middle-aged man with pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary artery pressure 70 mm Hg) caused by cardiomyopathy. The jugular venous pulse tracing demonstrates a prominent a wave without a c or v wave being observed. The phonocardiograms (fourth left interspace and cardiac apex) show a murmur of tricuspid insufficiency and ventricular and atrial gallops.
- Diagnostic.Synonyms
- PCG
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Medical use
- Discrete and the packet wavelet transform
- History
- Fetal Phonocardiogram
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- References
- Further reading
thumb|Phonocardiograms of common murmurs.
A phonocardiogram (or PCG) is a plot of high-fidelity recording of the sounds and murmurs made by the heart with the help of the machine called the phonocardiograph; thus, phonocardiography is the recording of all the sounds made by the heart during a cardiac cycle.
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