Question

Which scale is used to assess the intensity of the loudness of the murmur of the heart during auscultation ?

Answer 1

In cardiac physiology, the Levine grading scale is a numeric scoring system to characterize the intensity or the loudness of a heart murmur. The eponym is from researcher Samuel A. Levine who studied the significance of systolic heart murmurs. The grading gives a number to the intensity from 1 to 6:.