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This document discusses possible heart conditions in elderly individuals, including murmurs and dizziness. It details potential causes and symptoms.
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- 12. Elderly feeling dizzy: doxazosin- REPEATED 13. Soft diastolic murmur: mitral stenosis, could be aortic regurgitation– REPEATED - Aortic regurgitation: soft, high-pitched, early diastolic decrescendo murmur heard best at the 3rd intercostal - Mitral stenosis: Rumbling – mid diastolic best hear...
- 12. Elderly feeling dizzy: doxazosin- REPEATED 13. Soft diastolic murmur: mitral stenosis, could be aortic regurgitation– REPEATED - Aortic regurgitation: soft, high-pitched, early diastolic decrescendo murmur heard best at the 3rd intercostal - Mitral stenosis: Rumbling – mid diastolic best heard at the axilla - - Mitral stenosis is mid-diastolic and rumbling and best heard in the apex VS Aortic regurgitation is soft, high-pitched, early diastolic best head at the 3rd intercostal Mitral stenosis: Diastolic low pitch (soft?) rumbling best heard at the apex with patient in the lateral position