Gennaio 1999 - Volume XVIII - numero 1

Medico e Bambino


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Il soffio di Still è un soffio organico. Studio eco-doppler di 118 casi

NICOLA SALATINO1, NICOLA SAMÀ2

1Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile di Serra San Bruno (Vibo Valentia)
2Divisione di Medicina, Ospedale di Soverato (Catanzaro)

STILL’S (SYSTOLIC) MURMUR AND TRICUSPID OR MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY

Key words: Still’s (systolic) murmur, Tricuspid valve insufficiency, Mitral valve insufficiency, Echo-doppler

The authors investigated by echo-doppler 86 patients, aged 4-30 years, with systolic murmur and 31 control patients. In all patients with systolic murmur the presence of either tricuspid or mitral valve insufficiency was shown. Conversely, most but not all patients with valvular insufficiency present a systolic murmur and no murmur is audible in patients without ventricular-atrial reflux. These findings show that systolic murmurs may be clinically benign but they do correspond to a precise hemodynamic phenomenon.

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N. Salatino, N. Sama’
Il soffio di Still è un soffio organico. Studio eco-doppler di 118 casi
Medico e Bambino 1999;18(1):47-49 https://www.medicoebambino.com/?id=9901_47.pdf


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