Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3835616 | SEMERGEN - Medicina de Familia | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The presence of a systolic murmur on cardiac auscultation is a frequent finding in the elderly patient. The origin of these murmurs may be due to insignificant causes without clinical or prognostic importance or may be caused by serious conditions that require specific treatment. The test of choice to study a murmur is currently the Doppler echocardiography. However, careful auscultation together with the performance of some auscultation maneuvers and the study of the carotid pulse are fundamental techniques in the family medical consultation that allow us to approach the diagnosis and select the patient who need an echocardiography study.
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Authors
A.E. Gordillo-Higuero,