Cardiac Murmurs – Diagnosis and Management

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Overview

This module will take approximately 45 minutes to complete and includes the following elements. 

  • Background
    • Definition, causes and prevalence of heart murmurs.
  • Diagnosis
    • How to assess both children and adults with heart murmurs.
    • The possible differential diagnoses.
    • Links to videos and audio recordings of typical murmurs.
  • Management
    • Referral strategy for people with murmurs.
  • An optional quiz to assess your learning from the course
  • An audit suggestion
  • A list of useful links and resources for further reading

Goals

During this course you will learn about:

  • The prevalence of cardiac murmurs in both adults and children.
  • The causes of murmurs.
  • The range of differential diagnoses.
  • The audible pattern of sounds associated with a variety of cardiac murmurs.
  • The associated signs with a variety of pathologies which cause cardiac murmurs.
  • When to refer both adults and children to specialists.


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Topics covered

Circulatory Paediatrics

Date created

06/10/2021

Last revision

05/05/2023

Next revision

06/10/2026