Differential diagnosis of heart murmurs in children.
When a heart murmur turns up on routine examination of an otherwise health child, a thorough cardiovascular evaluation should be carried out according to the guidelines presented in the first two articles in this series (June, page 235, and July, page 151). The information gained by inspection, palpation, and auscultation is then coordinated and analyzed to arrive at the most likely diagnosis, as described in this concluding presentation.
D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013599:Systole; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000175:diagnosis