Key result
Careful physical examination and auscultation are essential to distinguish pathologic from innocent heart murmurs in children, with echocardiography serving as the gold standard for evaluating potentially pathologic murmurs.
Why the study?
Heart murmurs are common in children and may be the sole symptom of serious heart disease, making careful evaluation to distinguish pathologic from innocent murmurs important.
Careful physical examination and auscultation are crucial for distinguishing innocent from pathologic heart murmurs in children, guiding the appropriate use of echocardiography.
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Supports auscultation-first evaluation in children; leaves open prospective validation of referral thresholds.
Hee Joung Choi (2020) conducted a review in Heart murmurs. Diagnostic evaluation and auscultation was evaluated. Careful physical examination and auscultation are essential to distinguish pathologic from innocent heart murmurs in children, with echocardiography serving as the gold standard for evaluating potentially pathologic murmurs.
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