Heart Sounds | S1

Elara laughed. “Yes. A good, firm door slam.” Later that night, alone in the on-call room, Elara pressed her own stethoscope to her chest.

And when those doors snapped shut, they made a sound that echoed through the ribs: heart sounds s1

A clap.

That sound was S1. It was the sound of no turning back. The sound of pressure building. The sound of a promise about to be launched into the world. Elara laughed

Not the DUB. That’s just the closing of the aortic and pulmonic valves—the end of the push. Elara laughed. “Yes. A good