THE GRAPHIC CONFIGURATION OF INNOCENT SYSTOLIC MURMURS

The graphic configuration of innocent systolic murmurs.

The systolic murmurs heard in healthy subjects used to be called " functional " murmurs. White et al. (1942) recommended the term " physiologic." Evans (1947) called these murmurs " innocent." Others have called them " incidental,' "' accidental,'' or "' murmurs of unknown origin." The decision that a systolic murmur is innocent usually depends not only on the character of the murmur itself, bu...

Innocent Cardiovascular Murmurs in the Adult.

Systolic Murmurs in Children

The general practitioner has to deal almost daily in his work with the problem of systolic murmurs. He finds such murmurs often in apparently healthy children during a routine check and is then confronted by the question whether to consider these murmurs as of no importance, or to investigate further. There exists a wide discrepancy among publications on the incidence of systolic murmurs in chi...

Innocent Heart Murmurs from the Perspective of the Pediatrician.

Innocent heart murmurs are quite common in children and adolescents. These murmurs are physiologic in nature and are not associated with any structural heart disease. Not only does the idea of having a child with a murmur bring unnecessary unrest to families, but the child also often goes through numerous tests that could be avoided. It is critical to obtain a detailed history and perform a tho...

How to evaluate systolic murmurs

OBJECTIVE To compare cardiac physical examination with echocardiography for evaluating systolic murmurs. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE Three databases were searched for studies comparing echocardiography and auscultation as to sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy: MEDLINE (Ovid Online), EMBASE, and Current