Atrioventricular septal defect physical examination

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Poor physical development

Inspection:

Palpation:

Systolic thrill
Palpable impulse in the second and third intercostal space representing a dilated pulmonary artery
Prominent heave at the left sternal border

Auscultation:

Single first heart sound
Soft fixed splitting o[[second heart sound
Sytolic murmur on left lower sternal border
Loud Pulmonic component of the second heart sound if pulmonary hypertension develops.
A low-pitched early diastolic rumble may be heart at the lower left sternal border and is related to increased tricuspid valve flow.