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Murmur — A Murmur is an abnormal "whooshing" sound created by blood flow through heart valves, as well as flow through chamber narrowings or unusual connections seen with congenital heart disease. It is usually heard by the doctor while… … Medical dictionary
midsystolic murmur — a cardiac murmur, usually an ejection murmur, beginning a short time after the first heart sound and ending before the second heart sound; it is almost always a functional murmur or the result of obstruction to ventricular outflow, such as occurs … Medical dictionary
diamond-shaped murmur — a cardiac murmur with a characteristic crescendo decrescendo pattern of intensity on the phonocardiogram; it is almost always a systolic ejection murmur caused by aortic stenosis … Medical dictionary
Heart murmur — For the French motion picture, see Murmur of the Heart. Cardiac murmurs and other cardiac sounds Auscultogram from normal and abnormal heart sounds ICD 10 … Wikipedia
systolic murmur — a cardiac murmur occurring during systole; usually due to mitral or tricuspid regurgitation or to aortic or pulmonary obstruction. These are often distinguished as either ejection or regurgitant murmurs, and on the basis of cardiac cycle timing,… … Medical dictionary
presystolic murmur — (PSM) a cardiac murmur occurring immediately prior to ventricular ejection, usually associated with atrial contraction and the acceleration of blood flow through a narrowed atrioventricular valve … Medical dictionary
regurgitant murmur — a cardiac murmur due to regurgitation of blood through an abnormal valvular orifice, usually occurring throughout systole. Cf. ejection m … Medical dictionary
Aortic valve stenosis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I35.0, I06.0, Q23.0 … Wikipedia
Heart sounds — Front of thorax, showing surface relations of bones, lungs (purple), pleura (blue), and heart (red outline). The location of best auscultation for each heart valve are labeled with M , T , A , and P . First heart sound: caused by atrioventricular … Wikipedia
phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… … Medical dictionary
