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I have a stethoscope in home. i hear a thick gallop-like sound at s1 in the mid upper side of my chest where aorta is located. is it abnormal?
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Auscultation: Can't know what you are hearing and perhaps misinterpreting without listening with you
Answered 11/8/2014
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