Paeds murmurs

Question 1

Pan-Systolic Murmurs

Answer 1

• Mitral regurgitation
• Tricuspid regurgitation
• Ventricular septal defect heard at the left lower sternal border

Question 2

Ejection-Systolic Murmurs

Answer 2

• Aortic stenosis
• Pulmonary stenosis
• Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Question 3

Atrial Septal Defect

Answer 3

• mid-systolic, crescendo-decrescendo
• fixed split second heart sound

Question 4

Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Answer 4

• continuous crescendo-decrescendo “machinery”

Question 5

Which murmur is heard in Tetralogy of Fallot?

Answer 5

pulmonary stenosis - ejection systolic

Question 6

Which patients will alwats have cyanotic heart disease?

Answer 6

Patients with transposition of the great arteries