If your doctor told you that you have a heart murmur, you’re probably wondering what that means. Is my health in danger? Will I always have a heart murmur? Do I need surgery? The good news is that ...

The heart seemed moderately enlarged and there was a Grade III rough systolic murmur over the precordium, faintly heard in the right 2nd interspace. In a localized area somewhat above the apical ...

One of the most common "abnormal" behaviors is a heart murmur. A heart murmur is a sound often characterized as a "whooshing" or rushing of fluid that can be heard between heartbeats. As frightening ...

whereas inside the heart it is called a murmur. A pictorial representation of systolic and diastolic murmurs is below. Murmurs are described by their timing in the cardiac cycle, intensity ...

A murmur is either systolic, diastolic or continuous throughout systole and diastole. Remember: Systole occurs between the S1 and S2 heart sounds, while diastole occurs between S2 and S1.

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"He was 6 months old, and we took him to his pediatrician’s office, and he heard a murmur, heart murmur," she said ... to advocate for AEDs in every school in the state.