Abnormal Heart Sounds Flashcards
Cardiac auscultation listening posts
Aortic valve = right 2nd ICS at SB
Pulmonic valve = left 2nd ICS at SB
Tricuspid valve = left 4th ICS at SB
Mitral valve = left 5th ICS at MCL
Grading of heart murmurs
Grade 1 = very faint
Grade 2 = quiet, soft, easily heard with stethoscope
Grade 3 = moderately loud
Grade 4 = loud with palpable thrill
Grade 5 = very loud with thrill; can hear with stethoscope
Grade 6 = heard without stethoscope
Systolic murmurs occur between ___ and ____
Diastolic murmurs occur between ___ and ____
S1; S2
S2; S1
What does S1 represent?
Closure of tricuspid valve and mitral valve
What does S2 represent?
Closure of aortic valve and pulmonic valve — may split with inspiration
Describe S3 heard in some pts
Dull, low pitch; best heard with bell (Kent-Tuck-y)
Physiologic in children, young adults
Pathologic in older adults = heart failure
Ventricular gallop
Describe S4 heard in some pts
Dull, low pitch; best heard with bell (Ten-Nes-See)
Forceful atrial contraction against stiffened low compliant ventricle
Atrial gallop
What are the systolic murmurs?
Mitral regurg (MVP) Tricuspid regurg Aortic stenosis Pulmonic stenosis VSD Aortopulmonary shunts
What are the diastolic murmurs?
Aortic regurg Pulmonic regurg Mitral stenosis Tricuspid stenosis Atrial myxoma
What are the continuous murmurs?
PDA — machine-like
AV fistula
ASD with high LA pressure
Coarctation
What are the most common valvular heart diseases encountered today?
Degenerative (senile calcification)
Myxomatous degeneration (MVP)
Congenital (bicuspid aortic valve)
[decline in incidence of rheumatic valvular disease]
Chronic vs. acute etiologies of mitral regurg
Chronic:
MVP — Most common etiology
Mitral annular calcification
Acute: Rupture of chordae tendinae Rupture of papillary muscle Ischemic Papillary muscle dysfunction (CAD/MI — next MCC of MR) Infective endocarditis Valve perforation
Symptoms of MR
Asymptomatic years —> fatigue, DOE, palpitations
Acute; volume overload/orthopnea, PND, RHF/LHF
PE findings with MR
Systolic murmur — blowing, prominent at apex; radiates into left axilla
Loudness of murmur correlates with severity
Decreased S1 or normal; may have systolic click
Sx of mitral stenosis
Arise in 4th decade
DOE, cough, orthopnea, PND, pulmonary edema, hemoptysis, arterial emboli, A.fib
Ortner syndrome: hoarseness d/t compression of left recurrent laryngeal n
mitral stenosis findings on PE
Malar flush — ruddy cheeks, blue facies
Increase S1; opening snap (OS) after S2
Rumbling, diastolic murmur — low pitched; best heard at apex. Use bell