The need for annual echocardiography to detect cabergoline-associated valvulopathy in patients with prolactinoma: a systematic review and additional clinical data

C Caputo, D Prior, WJ Inder - The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2015 - thelancet.com
Present recommendations by the US Food and Drug Administration advise that patients with
prolactinoma treated with cabergoline should have an annual echocardiogram to screen for …

An optimal approach for heart sound classification using grid search in hyperparameter optimization of machine learning

YN Fuadah, MA Pramudito, KM Lim - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heart-sound auscultation is one of the most widely used approaches for detecting
cardiovascular disorders. Diagnosing abnormalities of heart sound using a stethoscope …

Automatic segmentation and classification of heart sounds using modified empirical wavelet transform and power features

P Narváez, S Gutierrez, WS Percybrooks - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
A system for the automatic classification of cardiac sounds can be of great help for doctors in
the diagnosis of cardiac diseases. Generally speaking, the main stages of such systems are …

Technical characterisation of digital stethoscopes: towards scalable artificial intelligence-based auscultation

Y Arjoune, TN Nguyen, RW Doroshow… - Journal of medical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Digital stethoscopes can enable the development of integrated artificial intelligence (AI)
systems that can remove the subjectivity of manual auscultation, improve diagnostic …

Synthesis of normal heart sounds using generative adversarial networks and empirical wavelet transform

P Narváez, WS Percybrooks - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, there are many works in the literature focused on the analysis of heart sounds,
specifically on the development of intelligent systems for the classification of normal and …

The Cardiovascular Physical Examination–Is It Still Relevant?

M Lekic, V Lekic, IB Riaz, L Mackstaller… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Advances in technology have reshaped the practice of medicine. These changes have
greatly benefited our patients. However, in the setting of these advances, the importance of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of a rater training on rating accuracy in a physical examination skills assessment

G Weitz, C Vinzentius, C Twesten… - GMS Zeitschrift für …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The accuracy and reproducibility of medical skills assessment is generally low.
Rater training has little or no effect. Our knowledge in this field, however, relies on studies …

[图书][B] Hearing assistive and access technology

SR Atcherson, CA Franklin, L Smith-Olinde - 2015 - books.google.com
For hearing health care and related professionals, educators, and individuals with hearing
loss and their families, this provides both fundamental and current information on a range of …

Classification of heart sounds using linear prediction coefficients and mel-frequency cepstral coefficients as acoustic features

P Narváez, K Vera, N Bedoya… - 2017 IEEE Colombian …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a method that uses Linear Prediction Coefficients (LPC) and Mel-
Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) as features to classify normal and abnormal …

[HTML][HTML] The physical examination and the fifth maneuver

TS Metkus - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2015 - jacc.org
There are 4 cardinal maneuvers of physical diagnosis: inspection, percussion, palpation,
and auscultation. The concept of cardiac auscultation is synonymous with clinical …