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Third heart sound: extra heart sound that occurs after the normal two "lub-dub" heart sounds. See detailed information below for a list of 10 causes of Third heart sound, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Third heart sound. Of the 10 causes of Third heart sound that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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Medical Conditions associated with Third heart sound:
Heart sound symptoms (109 causes), Heart symptoms (2927 causes), Cardiovascular symptoms (3192 causes)
Symptoms related to Third heart sound:
Aortic valve stenosis, Chronic constrictive pericarditis, Congestive heart failure (140 causes), Dilated cardiomyopathy, Dilated left ventricle, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve incompetence, Post-myocardial infarction, Pregnancy (699 causes), Ventricular septal defect
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