Does a systolic murmur heard in the aortic area need to be further evaluated prior to elective surgery?

Thadeo Catacutan, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Ali Usmani, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Ashish Aneja, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Correspondence: Thadeo Catacutan, MD, Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, A13, Cleveland, OH; catacut@ccf.org

All authors reported that they have no commercial affiliations or financial interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.