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  • The following terms were not found in MedGen: M3Nu, opopop, operatorop.

Summation gallop

MedGen UID:
604155
•Concept ID:
C0425594
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Finding
Synonym: Summation Gallop
SNOMED CT: Summation gallop (128147000)

Definition

An auscultated finding in which S3 and S4 fuse, during tachycardia or a prolonged PR interval or both. (ACC-AHA) [from NCI]

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Cardiac pearls.
Harvey WP
Dis Mon 1994 Feb;40(2):41-113. doi: 10.1016/0011-5029(94)90002-7. PMID: 8306847
The effect of ventricular alternation on a summation gallop sound. Report of a case with left atrial and left ventricular intracardiac phonocardiograms.
Fort ML, Chitty J, Meadows WR, Sharp JT
Am J Cardiol 1969 May;23(5):748-51. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(69)90041-1. PMID: 5771047

Therapy

Cardiac pearls.
Harvey WP
Dis Mon 1994 Feb;40(2):41-113. doi: 10.1016/0011-5029(94)90002-7. PMID: 8306847

Clinical prediction guides

Cardiac pearls.
Harvey WP
Dis Mon 1994 Feb;40(2):41-113. doi: 10.1016/0011-5029(94)90002-7. PMID: 8306847

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