Phonocardiography and Mechanocardiography as the Old-fashioned, but Indispensable Diagnostic Tools in Clinical Cardiology : PANEL DISCUSSION ON TESTING METHODS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS : Critiques on the Analytical Methods for Cardiac Events

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Phonocardiography and mechanocardiography are indispensable diagnostic tools in clinical cardiology though several limitations are inherently present. They should not be abandoned even in the era of echocardiography, and they are so rewarding in so many cases that we have to consider properly what we can expect and what we cannot prior to answering to the patient's question, "Now, what else are you going to examine, doctor?"