THE primary purpose of this report is to emphasize the relation of a high-pitched "squeaking" or "musical" systolic murmur to aortic stenosis and calcification of the aortic valve. This is not so ...

Midsystolic murmurs — also known as systolic ejection murmurs, or SEM — include the murmurs of aortic stenosis, pulmonic stenosis, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and atrial septal ...

A heart murmur is a sound often characterized as a "whooshing" or rushing of fluid that can be heard between heartbeats. As ...

“An overactive thyroid may cause turbulent blood flow in the heart,” says Dr. Collier, leading to a what’s known as a systolic heart murmur—it occurs before the first sound your heart ...

Outside of the heart, audible turbulence is referred to as a bruit, whereas inside the heart it is called a murmur. A pictorial representation of systolic and diastolic murmurs is below.

A LETTER published elsewhere in this issue of the Journal criticizes the stand taken in a recent paper* regarding the significance of apical systolic murmurs. Undoubtedly, in the interpretation of ...

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 ...

Aortic stenosis is a disease often diagnosed in its asymptomatic phase due to its distinct murmur and the widespread ... finding of aortic stenosis. The systolic blood pressure is often ...