Korotkoff sound
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Introduction
The sound heard with a stethoscope over an artery when the pressure applied by a blood pressure cuff drops below the systolic blood pressure. Korotkoff sounds persist as the cuff pressure is lowered until the cuff pressure drops below the diastolic blood pressure.
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.