THE SYSTOLIC MURMUR
Authors: J. S. Blumenthal
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 October 1942THE SYSTOLIC MURMURJ. S. BLUMENTHAL, M.D.J. S. BLUMENTHAL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-4-637 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe systolic murmur is not an uncommon finding in routine examinations. Reid and Fahr have reported an incidence of as high as 20 and 35 per cent in normal youthful patients. The pendulum of opinion regarding the importance of these systolic murmurs has swung over a wide arc in the last century, from the extreme importance first attached to any murmur heard through the stethoscope to the view that murmurs were of no importance at all, and recently back again to viewing the systolic murmur with extreme suspicion. Mackenzie,1in his long continued follow-up studies, states that he has seen...Bibliography1. MACKENZIE J: Diseases of the heart, 1913, Oxford Med. Publications, page 325. Google Scholar2. LEVINE SA: Significance of the systolic murmur, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, ci, 436. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. BLUMGART HL: Velocity of blood flow in health and disease, Medicine, 1931, x, 1-75. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. CABOT RC: Facts on the heart, 1926, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, page 291-296. Google Scholar5. WHITE PD: in CECIL, R. L.: Textbook of medicine, 2nd ed., 1930, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, page 1095. Google Scholar6. HERRICK JB: In defense of the stethoscope, ANN. INT. MED., 1930, iv, 113-116. Google Scholar7. LEE RI: The physical examination of apparently healthy individuals, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1923, clxxxviii, 929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. THAYER WS: Reflections on the interpretation of the systolic cardiac murmurs, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1925, clxix, 313. Google Scholar9. MCCRUDDEN FH: Heart murmurs and insurance, New England Jr., Med., 1931, cciv, 598. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. FINEBERGSTEUER MHLG: Apical systolic murmurs, Am. Heart Jr., 1932, vii, 553. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. FREEMANLEVINE ARSA: Significance of the systolic murmur, ANN. INT. MED., 1933, vi, 1371-1385. LinkGoogle Scholar12. BARDEEN CR: Determination of the size of the heart of men by the x-ray, Am. Jr. Anat., 1918, xxiii, 423. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Minneapolis, Minnesota*Received for publication July 25, 1941.From the Department of Medicine of the University of Minnesota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCardiac disease construction on the borderlandBibliographyMURMURS IN CHILDREN: A CLINICAL AND GRAPHIC STUDY IN 500 CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE*A. A. LUISADA, M.D., F.A.C.P., O. M. HARING, M.D., C. ARAVANIS, M.D., L. CARDI, M.D., E. JONA, M.D., A. B. ZILLI, M.D.EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF RHEUMATIC VALVULAR DISEASE IN RECRUITS 1 October 1942Volume 17, Issue 4Page: 637-641KeywordsSystolic ejection murmur ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...