what does this mean ?

could anyone tell me what the following means,pan systolic murmur at lse heard and no signs of cctga or primum asd on chest x.thanks so much for any help.

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definitions.

by Jules1983 - 2010-10-08 02:10:08

Pan systolic murmur according to a dictionary is "A murmur extending through the entire systolic interval, from the first to the second sound.". Systolic means the interval measured from the time your heart starts to contract to when it starts to relax. (diastolic is the relaxed interval). CCTGA is "Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries". LSE is "left sternal edge." ASD is "atrial septal defect" which is a hole between the atrium but with the word primum, it may be referring to an atrioventricular defect because the defect would be at the lower part of the atrium.

so what i gather is that your doc hears a murmur when your heart is contracting. You don't appear to have any hole or other obvious structural defect according to your chest xray.

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