Heart murmurs in children – when to worry?

Abstract

In the cardiac ultrasound era, cardiac murmurs are one of the most frequent causes of referral to a pediatric car­dio­lo­gist. However, most of the cardiac murmurs in chil­dren are benign. This study represents an overall approach by highlighting the main characteristics of innocent mur­murs that do not require further investigations, in com­pa­ri­son to those in which is compulsory to perform a cardiac ultrasound. Moreover, cardiac murmurs were clas­sified according to their localization and child’s age.