Heart murmurs?!


Question: i am doing a hypothetical case study and i have chosen coarctation of the aorta in a 5yr old boy. i was wondering what grade of intensity the murmur would be (i have read it can be 1-6) or does it depend on each patient?????? thanks!


Answers: i am doing a hypothetical case study and i have chosen coarctation of the aorta in a 5yr old boy. i was wondering what grade of intensity the murmur would be (i have read it can be 1-6) or does it depend on each patient?????? thanks!

it does yeah, the higher blood pressure you have the more murmur you get

Knowing a little about adults and heart Murmurs ,the intensity of a Murmur is individual to each patient .
I am un sure if this is the same for children,

check ur heart rate level .. just go and visit the url





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