Disease relevance of Heart Auscultation

• To determine the prevalence and diagnostic value of heart murmurs for valvular regurgitation, 223 patients receiving dexfenfluramine therapy for 6.9 months and 189 matched controls underwent history and cardiac auscultation by experienced noncardiologists unaware of echocardiography [1].

High impact information on Heart Auscultation

• A multimedia CD-ROM tool to improve residents' cardiac auscultation skills [2].
• PGY1 did not attend outpatient clinic but were allotted 2 hours/week to use a self-directed cardiac auscultation computer teaching program [3].
• A limited physical examination should emphasize cardiac auscultation with provocative maneuvers to screen for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [4].
• The assessment discussion includes information on where and how to perform cardiac auscultation, and it also includes a discussion of the particular mid-to-late systolic click with murmur that is typical of MVP [5].

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