Heart Sound Recorder
The HEART of the Matter
The Heart Sound Recorder is a state-of-the-art instrument with a specialized microphone that is placed over each of the four valve areas of the heart. It digitally records and displays heart sounds and graphs these specific sounds and movements. Comparison graphs can help determine the effectiveness of actions taken to improve health and wellness.
Your heart is the most important muscle in the body. Every day it beats 100,000 times, sending 2,000 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels. It is the first muscle that responds to nutrition. To function optimally, it is vital that the heart have proper nutrients to maintain its correct rate, rhythm and tone.
History and use of the Heart Sound Recorder
It has long been recognized that heart function is a reliable indicator of the state of an individual’s health. A major breakthrough occurred with the invention of the stethoscope in 1816 by Dr. Rene Laennec. Dr. Laennec invented the stethoscope because he was uncomfortable placing his ear on women’s chests to hear heart sounds. Since that time the stethoscope has become an incredibly useful instrument for evaluating heart function. It was discovered that the heart responds slowly to long term changes in health and quickly to short term changes in emotion, temperature, activity, metabolism, and environment.
The heart beats approximately 72 times a minute, which means each beat takes less than one second. Because the heart beats so fast much information can be lost when listening through a stethoscope. Not to mention the difficulty in comparing the characteristics of heart beat to what it was days, weeks or months earlier.