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During pregnancy the heart is pushed upwards and rotated forwards, with lateral displacement of the left border. The volume increases by 70–80 ml (12%). All heart sounds are louder and the first sound is split. A systolic ejection murmur is normal, and a diastolic murmur is heard occasionally.
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Guyton AC (1981) Textbook of medical physiology, 6th edn. Saunders, Philadelphia
Hytten FE, Chamberlain GVP (1980) Clinical physiology in obstetrics. Blackwell, Oxford
Philipp EE, Barnes J, Newton M (1977) Scientific foundations of obstetrics and gynaecology, 2nd edn. Heinemann, London
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Chard, T., Lilford, R. (1983). General Physiology and Biochemistry. In: Basic Sciences for Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3313-1_3
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