When a doctor listens to the heart of a person with a heart murmur, they may hear a whooshing, swishing, humming, or rasping sound. This is due to rapid, turbulent blood flow through the heart.

April 8, 2005 -- Heart murmur intensity may be graded using heart sounds as an internal reference, according to the results of a single-blind, controlled trial published in the April issue of the ...

Lubb-dupp. Lubb-dupp. Those are the words that health care professionals often use to mimic the sound of your heartbeat. That steady, regular sound is made by your heart valves opening and closing as ...

Blood flows through the heart and generates noises known as heart sounds. These noises occur due to heart valves opening and closing as the heart pumps blood. A doctor can gain valuable information by ...

A heart murmur can sound scary—literally. A Keck Medicine of USC cardiologist explains why it might not be as scary as you think. As Oana Maria Penciu, MD, a cardiologist with the USC Cardiac and ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD A Still’s murmur is an abnormal heartbeat ...

Heart murmurs are extra sounds heard between heartbeats that can signal a heart valve issue. Many are harmless and go away. Innocent heart murmurs are common in childhood and usually resolve on their ...

Your pediatrician listens to your child's heart with a stethoscope to assess its function and health. They hear the first and second heartbeats caused by the valves closing, but they also listen for ...

Case 1. T.S., a 21-year-old woman, was first seen in the cardiac screening clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital on March 29, 1957, for evaluation of a heart murmur. She was in the 6th month of pregnancy.

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 ...