heart murmurs

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Heart Murmurs

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• Valvular Diseases
  • heart murmurs

• General rules
  • Most murmurs increase in sound with increase preload
  • Forward murmurs (stenosis) decrease with increase afterload
  • Backward murmurs (regurge, VSD) increase with increase afterload
  • MVP, HCM decrease with increase preload or afterload