Dynamic auscultation refers to using maneuvers to alter hemodynamic parameters during cardiac auscultation in order to diagnose the etiology of a heart sound or murmur. The Valsalva maneuver is ...

Often, the S2 heart sound is difficult to detect. The murmur begins just after S1 and crescendos, peaking at S2, then decrescendos to S1. Dynamic auscultation refers to using maneuvers to alter ...