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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
pansystolic — Lasting throughout systole, extending from first to second heart sound. SYN: holosystolic. * * * pan·sys·tol·ic ( )pan sis täl ik adj persisting throughout systole <a pansystolic heart murmur> * * * pan·sys·tol·ic (pan″sis tolґik)… … Medical dictionary
holosystolic murmur — pansystolic m … Medical dictionary
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
early systolic murmur — a regurgitant cardiac murmur beginning at the first heart sound and diminishing and ending well before the second heart sound; it results from abbreviation of pansystolic murmurs due to special circumstances such as acute mitral regurgitation or… … Medical dictionary
Ventricular septal defect — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Echocardiographic image of a moderate ventricular septal defect in the mid muscular part of the septum. The trace in the lower left shows the flow during one complete cardiac cycle and the red mark the… … 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
Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… … Medical dictionary
Henri-Louis Roger — (1809 1891) was a French pediatrician who is largely remembered for his work with cardiological issues. His name is lent to two eponymous terms: Maladie de Roger (Roger s disease), which is a congenital asymptomatic ventricular septal defect… … Wikipedia
Carvallo sign — in tricuspid regurgitation, augmentation of the pansystolic murmur by inspiration … Medical dictionary
