Paces Heart Sounds

During my own PACES preparation, I found it really helpful to have different heart sounds saved on my phone so I could listen to them whenever I had some free time.

I particularly liked listening to them before examining patients or attending bedside teaching, just to keep myself familiar with the different murmurs and valve sounds.

I've put together this small collection of seven heart sounds, including aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, VSD, and mechanical aortic and mitral valves.

The idea is simple. Rather than searching online for individual sounds every time, you can keep them all in one place and listen whenever you want. Even a few minutes of listening regularly can be a useful way of keeping these sounds fresh in your mind.

How to use:

Once purchased, download the ZIP file and extract it on your phone, tablet or laptop. The recordings are provided as individual WAV files, which you can play using a compatible audio player.

You can listen to them individually, compare the different sounds or try identifying them without looking at the file names.

Hopefully, this will be a useful little resource for anyone preparing for PACES or simply wanting to improve their familiarity with cardiac auscultation.