Unusual Diastolic Murmur, with Autopsy

Diastolic murmur of complete heart block.

tribution. More important, however, the possible existence of correlation among data was not addressed. It is generally known that correlation among data would seriously affect the results of analysis of variance. Therefore, it may be more appropriate to use a time series of analysis technique rather than the analysis of variance method. From the computational formula of the 95% confidence limi...

An unusual finding in a 57-year-old woman with new onset hypertension and a diastolic murmur

CLINICAL INTRODUCTION A 57-year-old woman presented to our clinic with breathlessness brought on while walking uphill. She had been recently diagnosed with systemic hypertension. There was no known family history of cardiac disease, or prior smoking habit. On examination, pulse was 73 bpm and blood pressure 155/73 mm Hg, which was asymmetrical in her arms. Auscultation revealed a readily audibl...

An unusual cause of systolic murmur.

Stable angina is a form of coronary artery disease. Its potential to progress requires the most appropriate treatment in order to reduce the incapacitating effect of an acute angina attack and to avoid long-term cardiovascular events. With or without revascularization, pharmacological treatment is an essential component of this treatment strategy, which also involves lifestyle and diet. Statins...

An unusual cause for a continuous murmur.

A continuous murmur like that of a persistent ductus arteriosus produced by a stenosed branch of a pulmonary artery with a post-stenotic dilatation is presented in the following case. Other abnormalities included a hypoplastic left lung, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, and an absent left pulmonary artery. The literature on congenital heart disease contains increasing numbers of...

The origin of an immediate diastolic murmur in atrioventricular defects.