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Phonocardiography  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Graphic registration of the heart sounds picked up as vibrations and transformed by a piezoelectric crystal microphone into a varying electrical output according to the stresses imposed by the sound waves. The electrical output is amplified by a stethograph amplifier and recorded by a device incorporated into the electrocardiograph or by a multichannel recording machine.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KVB3N71P-8

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