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Study Notes
Heart Murmur Grading
- Grade 1: Murmur only audible after careful listening.
- Grade 2: Faint murmur immediately audible upon stethoscope placement.
- Grade 3: Loud murmur clearly audible but without palpable thrill.
- Grade 4: Loud murmur present with a palpable thrill.
- Grade 5: Loud murmur with palpable thrill; audible with only the rim of the stethoscope touching the chest.
- Grade 6: Loud murmur with a palpable thrill; audible even when the stethoscope is lifted slightly off the chest.
Definitions of Key Terms
- Thrill: Vibration felt on the skin surface due to turbulent blood flow.
- Murmur: Turbulent blood flow through heart valves or abnormal structures, detected via auscultation.
- Bruit: Turbulent blood flow audible in peripheral vessels upon auscultation.
Murmur Descriptive System (TIPPQRS)
- Timing: Identified as either systolic or diastolic.
- Intensity: Generally grade 2 for quiet murmurs and grade 3 for loud; grade 1 implies expertise.
- Position (P1): Area on the precordium where murmur is loudest.
- Position (P2): Patient's position when murmur is loudest, mainly for diastolic murmurs.
- Quality: Characteristics can include high-pitched, crescendo-decrescendo, or breath-like.
- Radiation: Assessment of whether the murmur radiates to areas like the carotids or axilla.
- Systemic Features: Consideration of other heart sounds, apex beat, and pulse characteristics.
Specific Murmurs
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Aortic Regurgitation:
- Diastolic murmur.
- Apex displacement laterally/anteriorly.
- Palpable thrill along left sternal border and jugular notch.
- Double systolic wave in carotids.
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Aortic Regurgitation Quality:
- Decrescendo diastolic murmur along the left sternal border; M1 and A2 increased.
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Aortic Stenosis:
- Systolic murmur.
- Basal systolic thrill; apex displaced anteriorly/laterally.
- Radiates to carotid artery.
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Aortic Stenosis Quality:
- Starts quietly, crescendos mid-systole, then quiets toward end of systole.
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Mitral Regurgitation:
- Systolic murmur.
- Apical systolic thrill; apex displaced left.
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Mitral Regurgitation Quality:
- Apical systolic regurgitant murmur; follows decreased S1, radiates to axilla; notable S2 due to increased left ventricular end diastolic volume.
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Mitral Valve Prolapse:
- Common in women under 30; characterized by mid/late systolic click 0.14 seconds post S1, followed by high-pitched systolic murmur; squatting may decrease murmur.
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Mitral Stenosis:
- Diastolic murmur.
- Tapping apex beat; diastolic thrill at apex; parasternal lift.
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Mitral Stenosis Quality:
- Loud S1 - S2; diastolic snap followed by rumble; potential atrial fibrillation; cold extremities.
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Tricuspid Regurgitation:
- Systolic murmur; usually secondary to another cardiac pathology.
- Right ventricular parasternal lift; systolic thrill at tricuspid area.
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Tricuspid Regurgitation Quality:
- Holosystolic murmur that increases with inspiration; V wave in jugular venous pulse; systolic liver pulsation.
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