Search

  • HOME
  • Search
Original Article
A Cause of Transient Systolic Murmur in Neonates Physiologic Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
Hyun Joo Kwak, Phil Seob Sim, Kwang Chul Lee, Chang Sung Sohn, Joo Won Lee, Young Chang Tockgo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(12):1696-1701.   Published online December 15, 1992
A transient heart murmur is frequently heard in normal newborn who has no congenital heart disease. The cause of this murmur remains unclear but was speculated as hypoplasia of the pulmonary arterial branches or unusual alignment of the main pulmonary artery with its branches. Pulsed Doppler and two-dimensional echocardiographic studies were undertaken in 19 newborn infants with a transient murmur and...