Auscultatory Changes Identified through Digital Stethoscope and Echocardiographic Findings Associated with Healthy Pregnancy

Marilene Miranda Araújo, Zilma Silveira Nogueira Reis, Renata Baracho Porto, Cláudia Maria Villas Freire, Vitória Brito Goulart, Fabyulla A. Fernandes, Rosa Celeste Oliveira, Ricardo Cruz-Correia

2013

Abstract

The hyperkinetic hemodynamic pattern and the low viscosity of the blood are typical during pregnancy and cause a number of auscultatory changes. The main goal of this study was to describe hemodynamic and auscultatory changes in normal pregnant women and compare them to those of non-pregnant women. Digital heart auscultation and Doppler echocardiography tests were performed in 29 pregnant and 27 non-pregnant women, both healthy. Changes in the digital stethoscope auscultation and Doppler echocardiographic findings were compared between the groups. The low-intensity systolic murmur was statistically more frequent in the pregnant group (69.0% x 40.7%, p=0.034), as well as B1 Hyperphonesis (51.7% x 7.4%, p<0.001), B2 Hyperphonesis (69% x 18.5%, p<0.001) and B1 Split (89.7% x 29.6%, p<0.001). In pregnant women, no associations were found between auscultation findings and Doppler echocardiogram changes (mitral-murmur x mitral-regurgitation, p=0.675; tricuspid-murmur x tricuspid-regurgitation, p=1.000; pulmonary-murmur x pulmonary-regurgitation, p=1.000). The digital heart auscultation of healthy pregnant subjects was able to detect frequent and numerous alterations, confirming the importance of knowing the physiological changes of pregnancy. The normal Doppler echocardiogram in all healthy pregnant women with heart murmur indicates that such test has limited applicability for healthy pregnant subjects, only in cases of suspicion of a heart disease or when it does occur.

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Miranda Araújo M., Silveira Nogueira Reis Z., Baracho Porto R., Villas Freire C., Brito Goulart V., A. Fernandes F., Oliveira R. and Cruz-Correia R. (2013). Auscultatory Changes Identified through Digital Stethoscope and Echocardiographic Findings Associated with Healthy Pregnancy . In Proceedings of the International Congress on Cardiovascular Technologies - Volume 1: CARDIOTECHNIX, ISBN 978-989-8565-78-5, pages 39-46. DOI: 10.5220/0004637300390046


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@conference{cardiotechnix13,
author={Marilene Miranda Araújo and Zilma Silveira Nogueira Reis and Renata Baracho Porto and Cláudia Maria Villas Freire and Vitória Brito Goulart and Fabyulla A. Fernandes and Rosa Celeste Oliveira and Ricardo Cruz-Correia},
title={Auscultatory Changes Identified through Digital Stethoscope and Echocardiographic Findings Associated with Healthy Pregnancy},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Congress on Cardiovascular Technologies - Volume 1: CARDIOTECHNIX,},
year={2013},
pages={39-46},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004637300390046},
isbn={978-989-8565-78-5},
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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Congress on Cardiovascular Technologies - Volume 1: CARDIOTECHNIX,
TI - Auscultatory Changes Identified through Digital Stethoscope and Echocardiographic Findings Associated with Healthy Pregnancy
SN - 978-989-8565-78-5
AU - Miranda Araújo M.
AU - Silveira Nogueira Reis Z.
AU - Baracho Porto R.
AU - Villas Freire C.
AU - Brito Goulart V.
AU - A. Fernandes F.
AU - Oliveira R.
AU - Cruz-Correia R.
PY - 2013
SP - 39
EP - 46
DO - 10.5220/0004637300390046