[Heart Murmurs--what must the family physician know?].
Cardiac auscultation follows a set procedure and begins on the supine patient. If necessary, certain exercises (inspiration/expiration, Valsalva manoeuvre, squats) can be performed to facilitate the aetiological classification of a heart murmur. Functional and pathological heart murmurs must be differentiated. Factors to be considered in the evaluation of murmurs are loudness, phase of the cycle (systole/diastole), localization, character and radiation of the sound and also the state of health, age and sex of the patient.
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Medizinische Klinik III, Universität zu Köln. roman.pfister@uk-koeln.de
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000209:etiology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged