Location and Radiation
Maneuvers that aid in diagnosis
Characteristics
Heart Sounds
General
100

2nd right intercostal space going to right neck

What is aortic stenosis

100

Physiology of the Valsalva maneuver.

What is increasing intrathoracic pressure (reduces LV size-> decreases venous return to R heart-> L heart)

100

Pansystolic, blowing

What is mitral regurgitation 

100

Closure of aortic/pulmonic valve

What is S2

100

Best diagnostic test for a heart murmur

What is an echo

200

Systolic at apex going into left axilla

What is mitral regurgitation (or prolapse)

200

Systolic murmur that increases with handgrip 

What is mitral regurgitation

200

Harsh, crescendo-decrescendo,. As pathology progresses, the murmur will peak later in diastole.

What is aortic stenosis

200

Can be normal in kids and pregnancy

What is S3

200

Caused by rheumatic heart disease, diastolic rumbling

What is mitral stenosis

300

Systolic at 2nd and 3rd left intercostal space-> if loud will radiate towards left shoulder and neck

What is pulmonic stenosis

300

Squatting will shorten this murmur

What is MVP associated MR

300
Continuous, machine-like

What is a patent ductus arteriosus.

300

Closure aortic then pulmonic valve, increases w/inspiration

What is a physiological split

300

2 murmurs associated with Marfan's syndrome

What is MVP and AR

400

3rd or 4th left intercostal space-> down left sternal boarder to apex, not to the neck (atheletes) 

What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

400

This murmur increases with Valsalva but decreases with squatting and isometric hand grip

What is hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy or mitral valve prolapse

400

Blowing, decrescendo right after S2, leaning forward

What is aortic regurgitation.

400

Caused by LBBB, advanced aortic stenosis

What is a paradoxical split S2

400

Systolic murmur that is most often congenital

Pulmonic stenosis

500

Congential 3rd-5th left intercostal space that radiates widely. Often with a palpable thrill. Shunting from left to right

What is a VSD

500

Blowing, holosystolic murmur that increases in intensity with inspiration

What is tricuspid regurgitation 

500

A loud, crescendo-decrescendo systolic murmur with widely split S2

What is pulmonic stenosis

500

2 causes of a fixed split S2

ASD, pulmonary HTN

500

Murmur from regurgitant jet prematurely closing a valve

What is an Austin-Flint murmur

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