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A wave of contraction spreads across the heart - to the left atrium and then to the ventricles. This enables the ventricles to contract together. Sometimes, the rhythm of the heart's natural ...

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The fourth heart sound (S4), also known as the “atrial gallop,” occurs just before S1 when the atria contract to force blood into the left ventricle. If the left ventricle is noncompliant, and ...