S8 Ep196: Psst… Do You Hear That? Understanding Cardiac Murmurs

Does thinking about heart murmurs make your own heart skip a beat? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Colin Kane, a pediatric and fetal cardiologist to discuss cardiac murmurs. We work through how to tell innocent murmurs from pathologic ones, which red flags should prompt referral, what testing is (and isn’t) worth ordering, how to counsel worried families, and how to approach murmurs in the newborn nursery. Dr. Kane also shares how listening to murmurs is like listening to rock and roll music.