Population
Children with heart murmurs
Design
Review
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May support primary care diagnosis of innocent murmurs; leaves open need for prospective validation before changing referral patterns.
A complete history and physical examination are usually sufficient to diagnose innocent heart murmurs in children, with referral to a pediatric cardiologist recommended when diagnostic uncertainty exists.
Etoom et al. (2013) studied this question.
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