Clinical Study

Cardiac Auscultatory Skills of Academic Family Physicians: Strength of Association with an Academic Pediatric Cardiologist

Table 2

Auscultatory findings of family physicians and pediatric cardiologist.

Pediatric cardiologist
NormalInnocent murmurPathologic murmurCannot decideTotal

Family physiciansNormal383 (53.6%)36 (5.0%)00419 (58.6%)
Innocent murmur32 (4.5%)191 (26.7%)5 (0.7%)0228 (31.9%)
Pathologic murmur8 (1.1%)26 (3.6%)19 (2.7%)1 (0.1%)54 (7.6%)
Cannot decide2 (0.3%)11 (1.5%)1 (0.1%)014 (2.0%)

Total425 (59.4%)264 (36.9%)25 (3.5%)1 (0.1%)715 (100%)