Why use AUDICOR® when physicians can perform auscultation with amplified stethoscopes to detect the third heart sound?
Auscultation is difficult. Overcrowded emergency departments and noisy clinical environments negatively impact clinicians’ abilities to accurately detect these low-frequency sounds. Since amplified stethoscopes just make all the heart’s sounds louder, in an already noisy clinical environment, these offer little diagnostic value to identify specific sounds including the third and fourth heart sounds. Studies indicate one-out-of-five third heart sounds are missed on auscultation. AUDICOR® proved to be more accurate in detecting S3s compared to attending physicians, fellows, residents, and interns. The experience and skill of the auscultator plus the patient’s physical characteristics can greatly impact the practioner’s performance. AUDICOR® delivers consistent, accurate results.
