1                      Diagnosis, motivated by auscultatory findings (n=557) or incidental (n=276), was

2                                   Similarly, auscultatory findings were not associated with pneumonia

3 athing are more important than tachypnea and auscultatory findings.

4 pendently associated with the presence of an auscultatory gap.

5     This study provides strong evidence that auscultatory gaps are related to carotid atherosclerosis

6                    Patients with and without auscultatory gaps had similar blood pressures, left vent

7 e confirmed prospectively, they suggest that auscultatory gaps may have prognostic relevance.

8                                      Classic auscultatory gaps were present in 21% of patients and we

9 has equivalent accuracy to the gold standard auscultatory method, and is significantly better than th

10 nts taken were averaged using a standardized auscultatory method.

11                       A higher prevalence of auscultatory midsystolic click (26 [72%] versus 6 [38%];

12  mitral annulus abnormalities, together with auscultatory midsystolic click, may identify MVP patient

13 cate that there is very little difference in auscultatory proficiency between internal medicine and f

14                       To compare the cardiac auscultatory proficiency of medical students and physici

15 ter, cross-sectional assessment of pulmonary auscultatory skills among medical students and housestaf