Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Heart sounds are the noises made as blood moves through the heart with each ...

If the carotid upstroke comes significantly after the S2 heart sound, "tardus" is present indicating severe aortic stenosis. Other physical exam findings in patients with aortic stenosis include ...

The patterns of splitting of the S2 heart sound include physiologic splitting, paradoxical splitting, widened splitting and fixed splitting. A fixed split S2 is not common on cardiac exam.