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==2006 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease - Evaluation of Cardiac Murmur (DO NOT EDIT) <ref name="pmid16880336">{{cite journal |author=Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Kanu C, ''et al.'' |title=ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (writing committee to revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease): developed in collaboration with the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists: endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons |journal=Circulation |volume=114 |issue=5 |pages=e84–231 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16880336 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.176857 |url=}}</ref>== | |||
===Recommendations for Echocardiography=== | |||
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| bgcolor="LightGreen"|<nowiki>"</nowiki>'''1.''' Echocardiography is recommended for asymptomatic patients with diastolic murmurs, continuous murmurs, holosystolic murmurs, late systolic murmurs, murmurs associated with ejection clicks or murmurs that radiate to the neck or back. ([[ACC AHA guidelines classification scheme#Level of Evidence|Level of Evidence: C]]) <nowiki>"</nowiki> | |||
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| bgcolor="LightGreen"|<nowiki>"</nowiki>'''2.''' Echocardiography is recommended for patients with heart murmurs and symptoms or signs of heart failure, myocardial ischemia/infarction, syncope, thromboembolism, infective endocarditis, or other clinical evidence of structural heart disease. ([[ACC AHA guidelines classification scheme#Level of Evidence|Level of Evidence: C]])<nowiki>"</nowiki> | |||
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| bgcolor="LightGreen"|<nowiki>"</nowiki>'''3.''' Echocardiography is recommended for asymptomatic patients who have grade 3 or louder midpeaking systolic murmurs. ([[ACC AHA guidelines classification scheme#Level of Evidence|Level of Evidence: C]])<nowiki>"</nowiki> | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
2006 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease - Evaluation of Cardiac Murmur (DO NOT EDIT) [1]
Recommendations for Echocardiography
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| "1. Echocardiography is recommended for asymptomatic patients with diastolic murmurs, continuous murmurs, holosystolic murmurs, late systolic murmurs, murmurs associated with ejection clicks or murmurs that radiate to the neck or back. (Level of Evidence: C) " |
| "2. Echocardiography is recommended for patients with heart murmurs and symptoms or signs of heart failure, myocardial ischemia/infarction, syncope, thromboembolism, infective endocarditis, or other clinical evidence of structural heart disease. (Level of Evidence: C)" |
| "3. Echocardiography is recommended for asymptomatic patients who have grade 3 or louder midpeaking systolic murmurs. (Level of Evidence: C)" |
References
- ↑ Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Kanu C; et al. (2006). "ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (writing committee to revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease): developed in collaboration with the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists: endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons". Circulation. 114 (5): e84–231. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.176857. PMID 16880336. Unknown parameter
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