Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a potentially fatal condition, yet it's difficult to diagnose with a regular stethoscope. A possibly life-saving new multi-sensor stethoscope is claimed to be much ...

A new handheld device could replacing traditional stethoscopes for heart disease screening, say scientists. University of Cambridge researchers have developed an instrument for detecting certain ...

The AI-enhanced stethoscope transmits sounds from the patient's heart to an iPad or smartphone. "The AI analyzes the sounds and it tells you if there are any murmurs or not," said Dr. Moshe ...

THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- An AI-enhanced digital stethoscope can help doctors detect a potentially deadly form of heart failure that can occur late in pregnancy, a new clinical ...

Doctors usually place their stethoscopes in four different positions on the chest wall. Each spot is best for hearing a particular heart valve. Besides hearing the sounds of the valves closing ...

Eko’s smart stethoscopes have been used by U.S. physicians to automatically detect signs of atrial fibrillation and heart murmurs since its first FDA clearance arrived in 2020. A new regulatory ...

As a sign of how things are developing in smartphone diagnostics and heart health, in 2015 we looked at a related technology that performed as well as traditional stethoscopes. But rather than ...

To train the models, Apple broke the recordings into short 5-second clips, moving forward one second at a time. That added up ...

Despite advances in technology in medicine, physical examination using a stethoscope in paediatric cardiology is still the best way to detect congenital heart defects. Listening to heart sounds ...

like blood oxygen and heart rate readings, as well as chest sounds when used as a "digital stethoscope." Following expected clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration this June ...