Cardiac screening by computerized auscultation.

Blackman, Norman S.; Blumenthal, Sidney; Brownell, Katharine Dodge; Wolfson, Julie; Harris, D E

doi:10.2105/ajph.59.7.1177

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“…A possible explanation for this low prevalence as well as for the machine's erroneous de-labeling of children who have heart murmurs might be the low sensitivity of this screening device. Such a conclusion would be compatible with the sensitivity of 57 per cent as reported by Blackman et al 16 Henikoff, Stevens and Perry4 reported a similar value of 64 per cent for a single screening and an increase of 12 per cent when a repeat test was given. Other studies which suggest a high sensitivity for this machine are not supported by the current data.…”

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