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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1998; 32:1596-1602
© 1998 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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CLINICAL STUDIES

Systolic ejection murmurs in the era of modern cardiology

What do we really know?

Joseph P. Murgo, MD, FACCa

a Heart and Vascular Institute of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Manuscript received July 20, 1998; accepted July 22, 1998.

Address for correspondence: Dr. Joseph P. Murgo, CEO/Medical Director, Heart and Vascular institute of Texas, 1935 NE Loop 410, San Antonio, Texas 78217
jmurgo{at}txdirect.net

The basics of pulsatile ejection dynamics are reviewed in order to clarify the relationships among left ventricular and aortic pressures, intra-left ventricular and aortic flow velocities, and cardiovascular sound. The principles of turbulent flow are examined using the Reynolds number concept, and the evidence for cause-and-effect relationships between turbulent flow and murmur generation is presented. Examples of hemodynamics and phonocardiography are given for normal subjects and are compared to patients with aortic stenosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The concepts presented are used to analyze the results of a new study suggesting increased intraventricular velocities as a new cause for systolic murmurs in adults.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  AO = aorta, aortic
  HCM = hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  LV = left ventricular; left ventricle
  LVH = left ventricular hypertrophy
  LVOT = left ventricular outflow tract
  PVC = premature ventricular contraction
  Q = volumetric flow (cc/sec)
  SAM = systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve






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