Cardiac History and Exam
In this video, Dr. Christina Ronai outlines the approach to obtaining a cardiac history and physical exam when evaluating children for possible cardiac disease. Dr. Ronai describes features including the clinical history, clinical exam and auscultation of abnormal heart sounds.
Learning Objectives
To understand the clinical history relevant to heart disease
Recognize features of the clinical exam in heart disease
Understand auscultation and characterization of cardiac murmurs
Recognize features of pathologic versus benign murmurs
Author(s)
Christina Ronai, MD, MSEd
Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology; Associate Director of Fetal Cardiology, Fetal Care and Surgery Center | Boston Children's Hospital Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Citation
Ronai C, Cronin B, Baiu I, DelSignore L. Cardiac History and Exam. 3/2016. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3133/cardiac-history-and-exam.