Why the study?
Does amyl nitrite improve the clinical differentiation of apical systolic murmurs arising at the mitral and aortic valves?
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May aid bedside differentiation of apical murmurs; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before adoption.
Does amyl nitrite improve the clinical differentiation of apical systolic murmurs arising at the mitral and aortic valves?
Amyl nitrite may be used as a pharmacological maneuver to differentiate between apical systolic murmurs of mitral and aortic origin.
Barlow et al. (1958) studied this question.
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