TEAM GB icon Roger Black has admitted he was afraid he wouldn’t wake up from the operation that saved his life. Black, 58, underwent open heart surgery last month on a condition he was been ...

However, a murmur can also be caused by an issue within the heart, like a regurgitation (backflow) of blood or an obstruction. A stethoscope is used to listen to heart sounds. It has two earpieces ...

Called a tele-stethoscope, this device, which is in the prototype stage, takes electrocardiogram readings while also recording heart sounds and vibrations. Such time-series data could be valuable ...

The FDA has cleared an artificial intelligence algorithm that can detect signs of heart failure in seconds using a digital stethoscope during a standard physical exam. The algorithm was developed ...

Astellas has licensed rights to a smart stethoscope device developed by Eko Health, that it will use as part of a digital therapeutic (DTx) approach to heart failure. The plan is to combine the ...

Careful auscultation of heart murmurs is an extremely valuable ... grade 6 murmurs are heard even without the stethoscope on the chest and may actually be visible. Diastolic murmurs are graded ...

A heart transplant has given three-year-old Levi Williams from Hartsville, South Carolina, a new lease on life after ...