Assessment of the cardiac patient: History and physical examination

Daphne T. Hsu; Welton M. Gersony

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-4619-3_218

Assessment of the cardiac patient: History and physical examination

Daphne T. Hsu, Welton M. Gersony

Pediatrics

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Abstract

The assessment of a patient with possible or known heart disease by history taking and physical examination is the purview of all pediatric cardiovascular subspecialists. The requirements for assessment depend on the subspecialty area of expertise, and are as varied as evaluation of a heart murmur by an outpatient cardiologist, evaluation of cyanosis by a neonatologist, assessment prior to surgical intervention by a pediatric cardiac surgeon or anesthesiologist, and evaluation of low cardiac output by a cardiac intensivist. This section will review the important history and physical examination components of a comprehensive cardiac assessment.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care
Publisher	Springer-Verlag London Ltd
Pages	303-315
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781447146193
ISBN (Print)	9781447146186
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4619-3_218
State	Published - Jan 1 2014

Keywords

Arrhythmias
Cardiac signs
Cardiac symptoms
Diastolic
Family history
Flow murmur
Heart failure
Medication history
Murmur
Myocardial ischemia
Regurgitant murmur
Surgical history
Systolic

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

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