Can I ignore right-sided murmurs?

Cardiac murmurs are frequently found in horses. Careful auscultation allows one to differentiate physiological murmurs from pathological murmurs. Pathological murmurs are most frequently left-sided systolic or diastolic murmurs. The most commonly found right-sided murmur is a systolic murmur due to tricuspid regurgitation, which has no or only limited importance. For these reasons less attention is sometimes paid to auscultation on the right side of the thorax. However, right-sided auscultation remains very important to diagnose specific cardiac diseases that may have an important impact on pre-purchase examination, performance or even rider safety ...