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A gallop rhythm refers to a (usually abnormal) rhythm of the heart on auscultation.^[1] It includes three or four sounds, thus resembling the sounds of a gallop.

The normal heart rhythm contains two audible heart sounds called S₁ and S₂ that give the well-known 'lub-dub' rhythm; they are caused by the closing of valves in the heart. The first sound S1 is closure of the valve at the end of ventricular filling (the tricuspid and mitral valves); the second, S2, is closure of the aortic and/or the pulmonary valves as the ventricles relax. Extra sounds, (3rd and/or 4th), can be normal, esp. in children, or with severe exercise, but are generally heard (on the left side) when ventricular function is impaired, e.g., in case of acute infarction or severe cardiac failure. The sounds are thought to be caused by the atrium, facing back-pressure, forcing volume into an incompletely emptied ventricle. Then, given tachycardia, a 'gallop' is produced. With right sided back pressure after pulmonary embolism, and therefore an incompletely emptied right ventricle, a right sided gallop can occur.

Associated conditions[edit]

Gallop rhythms may be heard in young or athletic people, but may also be a sign of serious cardiac problems like heart failure as well as pulmonary edema.Gallop rhythms may be associated with the following:^{[citation needed]}

• Ventricular overload

References[edit]

1. ^Tavel ME (November 1996). 'The appearance of gallop rhythm after exercise stress testing'. Clin Cardiol. 19 (11): 887–91. doi:10.1002/clc.4960191109. PMID8914783. S2CID19440990.

Further reading[edit]

• http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/20/6/1053.short - American Heart Assoc., Gallop Rhythm of the Heart
• Kuo PT, Schnabel TG, Blakemore WS, Whereat AF (1957). 'Diastolic gallop sounds, the mechanism of production'. J. Clin. Invest. 36 (7): 1035–42. doi:10.1172/JCI103499. PMC1072690. PMID13449156.

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