Benign cardiovascular findings in pregnancy
| Physical examination |
| Increased intensity of arterial pulses |
| Cephalic and lateral displacement of the point of maximum impulse |
| Prominent splitting of the second heart sound |
| Systolic murmur in the pulmonary and tricuspid areas |
| Enhancement of preexisting murmurs |
| Systolic-diastolic murmur heard over 1 or both breasts (“mammary souffle”)10 |
| Electrocardiogram |
| Left axis deviation |
| Left atrial dilatation |
| Q-wave and T-wave inversion in III |
| Q wave in aVF |
| T-wave inversion in V1, V2, and V3 |