title: [Variables associated with pathologic heart murmurs in primary care consultations].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the existence of variables associated to pathological murmurs in infancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective crossover study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Paediatrics clinic at Carrus Health Centre, Elche.
  
  
  METHODS
  109 cases of children with a cardiac murmur recorded between 1987 and 1991 were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of children with pathological cardiac murmurs was 10.1. An association of pathology to younger age at diagnosis (p = 0.006) and to the intensity of the murmurs (p = 0.001) was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of pathological murmurs in our study is similar to that in other series consulted. The age of diagnosis and the intensity of the murmur appear to be variables associated to pathology in children, which should be borne in mind in Primary Care clinics.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Carrús de Elche y Hospital d'Elx, Alicante.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vera
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Variables asociadas a soplos cardíacos patológicos en las consultas de atención primaria.