Cryptic crossword clue
Check what your cardiologist wants to hear 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TICK

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The straight part
We know that "Check" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case check = tick.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TICK mean?

TICK noun
  1. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
TICK noun
  1. A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
  2. A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
  3. A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
  4. A short period of time, particularly a second.
  5. A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
  6. A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
  7. A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
  8. The whinchat.
TICK verb
  1. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
  2. To make a tick or checkmark.
  3. To work or operate, especially mechanically.
  4. To strike gently; to pat.
  5. To add a bird to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
TICK noun
  1. Ticking.
  2. A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
TICK noun
  1. Credit, trust.
TICK verb
  1. To go on trust, or credit.
  2. To give tick; to trust.
TICK noun
  1. (place names) A goat.

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