Pediheart Podcast #105: The Role Of Echocardiography In The Evaluation Of The Innocent Heart Murmur

Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today

English - February 07, 2020 06:00 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 168 ratings
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The innocent heart murmur is the topic of this week's podcast. How important is the echocardiogram in allaying parental fears and anxieties when being evaluated for a murmur? Have the days of auscultation without a secondary test fallen by the wayside? We speak with a highly experienced general pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Jared LaCorte of Staten Island Pediatric Cardiology to offer his thoughts on this week's work from Melbourne, Australia. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14775