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Lecture 5: Congenital Heart Defects Flashcards

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Acyanotic defects

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  • ASD
  • VSD
  • PDA
  • PV Stenosis
  • Coarctation of aorta
  • Aortic stenosis
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Cyanotic defects

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  • Tetralogy of fallot
  • Pulmonary atresia
  • Tricuspid atresia
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  • TGA
  • TAPVR

Everything that starts with T + Pulmonary atresia and Hypo

Pulm atresia is not on PANCE

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What kind of shunt do ASD, PDA, and VSD make?

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Left to right shunt

Oxygenated to deoxygenated.

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What do acyanotic diseases eventually result in?

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  • HF
  • Eisenmenger syndrome with exertion

Eisenmenger results in pulmonary arterial hypertension

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What are the outflow obstruction congenital heart defects?

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  • Pulmonary stenosis
  • Aortic stenosis
  • Coarctation of the aorta
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How does HF tend to present in infants?

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  • Poor feeding/failure to thrive
  • pulm congestion/resp distress
  • Fluid retention
  • Elevated JVP
  • Hepatomegaly
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ASD S/S

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  • Fixed, split S2 and pulmonic ejection murmur
  • Respiratory infections and failure to thrive in infants
  • Prior to age 40: palps, exercise intolerance, dyspnea, fatigue

Symptoms depend on size

split S2 because A looks like its in the splits.

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What are the two ASD types and features?

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  • Ostium secundum (MC), associated with fetal alcohol syndrome.
  • Ostium primum, associated with Down’s syndrome as a endocardial cushion defect
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Dx of an ASD

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  • CXR showing R heart dilation and prominent pulmonary vascularity
  • TEE showing size and location
  • R Heart catheterization showing increased o2 sat in RA and PA.
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Tx of an ASD

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  • Wait and watch for small
  • Asymptomatic but large = can wait 1-3 yrs
  • Need closure if symptomatic or > 8mm

if adult do sx in RV enlargment, paradoxical embolism and R-L shunt

Sometimes it is better to wait since the heart will be bigger and the patient can tolerate anesthesia better.

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Where is more blood pumped into for a VSD?

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More blood into lungs and pulmonary artery

Higher risk of pulm HTN, arrhythmias, stroke

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Which region typically is responsible for most VSDs?

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Membranous, easier to fix and more asymptomatic

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What are the 3 types of VSDs?

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  1. Membranous, MC, easiest to fix
  2. Muscular (lower septum)
  3. Inlet (Posterior portion beneath the TV)
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What is the MC congenital heart defect?

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VSD

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Image of VSD pathophysiology

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S/S of a symptomatic VSD

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  • Holosystolic murmur in lower left sternal border
  • small = aymptomatic w mumur
  • mod-large:Poor feeding, respiratory infections, thrill, diastolic rumble in mitral area
  • signs of CHF
  • Eventually, eisenmenger syndrome will occur

holo because it can be in 3 diff parts of ventricle aka “whole thing”

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Best diagnostic imaging for VSD

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Echo

CXR unreliable. use MRI if echo does not diagnose.

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What will EKG show usually for VSD?

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LVH

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Management of VSDs

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  • Small ones close on their own
  • Diuretics + higher calorie intake
  • Surgery: for larger shunts by age 2 via patch closure ideally, or transcatheter closure
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When is surgical closure indicated for VSD?

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  • > 8mm with symptoms
  • Pulmonary HTN
  • Aortic insufficiency
  • LA/LV dilation
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What does the PDA connect?

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Pulmonary artery to aorta

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When does a PDA normally close?

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By week 1

Becoming the ligamentum arteriosum

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What are the risk factors for PDA?

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  • Female
  • Preemies
  • High altitude births (> 10k ft)
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S/S of PDA

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  • Holosystolic “machine-like” murmur on auscultation pathognomonic
  • Differential cyanosis
  • Widened PP
  • PMI displacement
  • Large eventually leads to HF and eisenmenger syndrome
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What is differential cyanosis?

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Cyanosis/clubbing of the lower extremities, seen in PDA.

Rest of the body is normal.

This + pulmonary HTN is diagnostic.

VIAGOOGLE not slides

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EKG finding for PDA

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LVH + LAE

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Tx of PDA

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  • Small: monitor
  • To close a PDA in a neonate over day 10, use PGE inhibitor
  • Symptomatic/large PDA: Digoxin & furosemide
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When is surgery indicated for PDA?

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Failure of PGE inhibitor, done via surgical ligation

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What are the 3 scenarios in which pulmonary stenosis presents congenitally?

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  • MC: stenosis of the actual valve
  • Hypertrophy of the muscle below the valve
  • Hypertrophy of the muscle above the valve
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Pathognomic finding for pulmonary stenosis

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Schistocytes on CBC due to microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

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In severe pulmonary stenosis at birth, what can be given to keep the neonate oxygenated?

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PGE to keep their PDA open as an alternative pathway

Severe PS will cause a R to L shunt via PFO at birth if obstructed

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S/S of pulmonary stenosis

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  • Systolic ejection murmur that increases with inspiration
  • opening click louder with expiration
  • RV lift of palpation of precordium
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What might EKG and CXR show for pulmonary stenosis?

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  • EKG: none to mild RVH
  • CXR: Dilation of main pulmonary artery and left PA
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What is the surgery for pulmonary stenosis?

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Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty

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What is coarctation of the aorta?

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Narrowing of the aortic arch (usually proximal descending), backing blood flow up to the left ventricle.

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Although coarctation of the aorta is more common in males, what condition in females makes it more likely?

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Turner syndrome

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What is the leading cause of heart failure in neonates?

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Coarc +/- VSD, ASD, or other cardiac abnormalities

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Why does BP increase in upper extremities for coarc but decreased BP in lower extremities? What is the danger of poor perfusion in the lower half of the body?

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  • Blood flow increases prior to the narrowing.
  • Lower BP in lower extremities results in kidney hypoperfusion, ultimately causing secondary HTN.

Kidney hypoperfusion = RAAS activation = secondary HTN

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What is preductal coarctation MC associated with?

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  • Turner syndrome
  • PDA
  • Presents as postductal until it worsens severely.

MC in infancy

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What structure is the marker for postductal coarctation and its common S/S?

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  • Ligamentum arteriosum
  • Higher BP upstream of aorta, lower BP downstream
  • Often presents in adulthood.
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What are the two biggest risks from coarctation increasing upper body BP?

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  • Berry aneurysm rupture in head
  • Aortic dissection
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How does coarctation of the aorta in an infant present?

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  • Diamond shaped systolic
  • High-pitched crescendo murmur for diastolic
  • Lower extremity cyanosis
  • Absent/delayed femoral pulses, esp on the R side
  • Failure to thrive
  • Much higher BP in upper arms than lower body.

Coarc will not present on the left!!

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S/S of coarctation of the aorta in an adult

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  • Secondary HTN in upper extremities, lower in lower extremities
  • CP, cold extremities, claudication on exertion
  • PMI palpable and sustained
  • Pulsations in intercostal spaces
  • Delayed/weak femoral pulses (check R!)
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CXR finding for coarctation of the aorta

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3-sign rib notching

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How do you tx coarctation of the aorta?

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  1. PGE to increase lower extremity flow
  2. Surgery via anastomosis
  3. Balloon angioplasty with possible stent
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What precaution should a child have if they have coarctation of their aorta?

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Exercise testing is mandatory prior to participating in athletic activities

47
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What are the 3 types of aortic stenosis?

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  • Valvular (75%)
  • Subvalvular (23%)
  • Supravalvular (2%)

MC in males

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What murmur is pathognomonic for Aortic Stenosis?

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Crescendo-Decrescendo holosystolic murmur best heard at the upper right sternal border

Radiating to the carotids :)

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How do you treat standard valvular AS?

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Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty

Surgery in other types or very high resting gradient

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What happens as AS progresses in a child?

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  • Reduced exercise capacity
  • Predisposed to ventricular dysrhythmias
  • Avoid all isometric exercise
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What level of deoxy Hgb is likely to have cyanosis?

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3g/dl, which is usuall 80-85% spo2

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What test differentiates cardiac and non cardiac causes of cyanosis?

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Hyperoxia test

Greater than PaO2 of 250 = no structural cyanotic disease

Give neonate 100% O2

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What are the 5 T’s of cyanotic heart disease?

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  • Truncus Arteriosus
  • TGA
  • Tricuspid atresia
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • TAPVR
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Tetralogy of Fallot components

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  1. Pulmonary stenosis
  2. RVH
  3. Overriding Aorta
  4. VSD

PROVe

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What is the pathogonomic finding for tetralogy of fallot on CXR?

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Boot shaped heart

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What is a tet spell?

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  • Hypercyanotic episode
  • Anything that decreased SVR will leads to a worse R to L shunt
  • Bluish skin seen during crying/feeding
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Management of a tet spell

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  • Keep them calm
  • Give O2
  • IVF
  • Meds to improve pulmonary blood flow
  • Squat or flex knees to increase SVR
  • Morphine (Decrease agitation and RVOT obstruction)
  • Bicarbonate (metabolic acidosis causes pulmonary vasoconstriction)
  • Phenylpephrine (increases SVR)
  • BB (Decrease RVOT obstruction)

Increasing SVR will increase LV pressure, so the shunt will reverse back to L to R.

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How soon do ToF babies need surgery?

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Prior to age 2, they need open heart surgery for a good prognosis

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What is TGA?

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  • Aorta coming off RV
  • PA coming off LV

Forms two separate circuits, so blood will never be oxygenated

Parallel circulation occurs.

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What are the two types of TGA?

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  • d-TGA: dextro/complete TGA where aorta is on the right.
  • l-TGA: levo/congenitally conrrected TGA, aorta on left, ventricles and valves switched instead.

d-TGA is lethal, L-TGA is fine

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What are the two MC CCHD?

Critical congenital heart defect

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  1. ToF
  2. d-TGA (males)
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What connection must be made in order for d-TGA to be viable?

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ASD or PFO to allow mixing of blood.

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Risk factors for TGA

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  • Diabetes
  • Rubella
  • Poor nutrition
  • Alcohol
  • > 40y
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Classic triad of CXR for d-TGA

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  1. Egg on a string (heart)
  2. Lung congestion
  3. Cardiomegaly
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Initial tx for d-TGA

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PGE to keep PDA open

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Surgery for d-TGA

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  • Balloon atrial septostomy
  • Surgically switch great vessels
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What is hypoplastic left heart syndrome?

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  • Poorly developed LV and ascending aorta
  • Valves may be narrow or absent
  • Ultimately leading to left sided HF and cardiogenic shock

CANNOT DO ANYTHING VIGOROUS

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What is required for an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome to survive?

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An ASD or PDA, since their left side cannot sustain life.

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Initial tx for practically all cyanotic defects

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Surgical protocol for HLHS

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  1. Norwood (new aorta to RV and tube to RA) (1-2 wk old)
  2. Bidirectional Glenn (PA & SVC connection) (4-6 months)
  3. Fontan (PA & IVC connection) (2y)

3 stage surgery

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What are the 6 innocent murmurs of childhood?

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  • Newborn murmur
  • Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis (PPS)
  • Still’s murmur (MC)
  • Pulmonary ejection murmur
  • Venous hum
  • Neck/supraclavicular bruit
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How does Still’s murmur sound?

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  • Loud when supine, gone when inspiring or sitting
  • Loud with anemia and fever

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