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Bookmark or Share- Heart Murmurs: Causes, Symptoms, and How to Fix Them - Verywell HealthA heart murmur is an extra or abnormal sound heard on a stethoscope that may or may not be serious. Learn what heart murmurs mean and how they are fixed.
- Heart Murmurs | Clinical Features - Geeky MedicsHeart murmur: sound due to turbulent blood flow in the heart; essential to identify during cardiovascular examination. Primary heart sounds: S1 (closure of mitral and tricuspid valves, marks start of ventricular systole); S2 (closure of aortic and pulmonary valves, marks end of ventricular systole).
- Heart Murmurs - American Heart AssociationSystolic murmurs are graded by intensity (loudness) from 1 to 6. A grade 1 is faint, heard only with a special effort. It's softer than the normal heart sounds. A grade 6 is extremely loud, and can be heard with no contact between stethoscope and the chest.
- Heart murmurs - Symptoms & causes - Mayo ClinicHeart murmurs are sounds — such as whooshing or swishing — made by rapid, choppy (turbulent) blood flow through the heart. The sounds can be heard with a device called a stethoscope. A typical heartbeat makes two sounds like "lubb-dupp" (sometimes described as "lub-DUP") when the heart valves are closing.
- Heart Murmurs: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention - WebMDHeart murmurs happen in many healthy children, who may outgrow them as adults. They may also happen during pregnancy. Such murmurs are called "innocent" heart murmurs. They are not linked to...
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