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Cardiac auscultation is a cost-efficient and relatively sensitive test that should always be performed among all neonatal live births. Additionally, screening for heart murmurs is also recommended among school-children and athletes. While murmurs among neonates are always an indication for further investigation, triage of older children and adolescents according to murmur characteristics is required before referral to a pediatric cardiologist. | |||
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Revision as of 02:34, 8 November 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Overview
Cardiac auscultation is a cost-efficient and relatively sensitive test that should always be performed among all neonatal live births. Additionally, screening for heart murmurs is also recommended among school-children and athletes. While murmurs among neonates are always an indication for further investigation, triage of older children and adolescents according to murmur characteristics is required before referral to a pediatric cardiologist.