Diseases

Heart Murmurs

Heart sounds caused by vibrations resulting from the flow of blood through the heart. Heart murmurs can be examined by HEART AUSCULTATION, and analyzed by their intensity (6 grades), duration, timing (systolic, diastolic, or continuous), location, transmission, and quality (musical, vibratory, blowing, etc).

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Heart sounds caused by vibrations resulting from the flow of blood through the heart. Heart murmurs can be examined by HEART AUSCULTATION, and analyzed by their intensity (6 grades), duration, timing (systolic, diastolic, or continuous), location, transmission, and quality (musical, vibratory, blowing, etc).

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  • Cardiac Murmurs
  • Cardiac Murmur
  • Heart Murmur
  • Murmur, Cardiac
  • Murmur, Heart
  • Murmurs, Cardiac
  • Murmurs, Heart
  • Diastolic Murmurs
  • Innocent Murmurs
  • Diastolic Murmur
  • Innocent Murmur
  • Murmur, Diastolic
  • Murmur, Innocent
  • Murmurs, Diastolic
  • Murmurs, Innocent

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not confuse with HEART SOUNDS, a physiological concept

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91(75); was see under HEART AUSCULTATION in Cat E 1972-90

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Heart Murmurs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006337. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006337
  2. Heart Murmurs. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_murmur
  3. Heart Murmurs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060911