Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, The Medical College of Wisconsin, 9000 West Wisconsin Avenue, P.O. Box 1997, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA. mafrom@mcw.edu
This article reviews the differential diagnosis of and approach to a heart murmur in the term infant. After addressing important aspects of the history, physical examination, and cardiac examination,the most common structural cardiac lesions generating a heart murmur in the term infant are discussed.