Physical determinants of systolic murmur intensity in aortic stenosis - 21/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.11.035
Rafael Kuperstein, MD a, c, ⁎ 
, Micha S. Feinberg, MD a, c, Michael Eldar, MD a, c, Ehud Schwammenthal, MD b, c
, Micha S. Feinberg, MD a, c, Michael Eldar, MD a, c, Ehud Schwammenthal, MD b, c a Heart Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
b Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
c Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Dr. Kuperstein's address is: Heart Institute, Sheba Medical Center, 52621 Tel Hashomer, IsraelRésumé |
We investigated which physical parameter has the greatest impact on the perceived loudness of a systolic murmur in aortic stenosis. Loudness of murmur in aortic stenosis correlated best with peak momentum transfer—and thus with body size—so that loud murmurs predict severe disease less reliably in larger patients.
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