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Heart Murmurs Topic Review | Learn the Heart

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Disease of the cardiac valves and other cardiac structures frequently results in abnormal, turbulent blood flow within the heart, causing murmurs. Careful auscultation of heart murmurs is an extremely valuable tool in the diagnosis of many cardiac conditions. When normal laminar blood flow within the heart is disrupted, an audible sound is created by turbulent blood flow. 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. There are four major causes of cardiac murmurs. Murmurs are described by their timing in the cardiac cycle, intensity, shape, pitch, location, radiation and response to dynamic maneuvers. Using the above, clinicians can accurately characterize the nature of a murmur and communicate their findings in a precise manner. The timing of a murmur is crucial to accurate diagnosis. A murmur is either systolic, diastolic or continuous throughou

Heart Murmurs Topic Review Close Ask Healio AI New! Back to Healio By Steven Lome, DO Topic Reviews A-Z Save Heart Murmurs Topic Review By Steven Lome, DO Describing Murmurs | Systolic Murmurs | Diastolic Murmurs | Dynamic Auscultation Introduction Disease of the cardiac valves and other cardiac structures frequently results in abnormal, turbulent blood flow within the heart, causing murmurs. Careful auscultation of heart murmurs is an extremely valuable tool in the diagnosis of many cardiac conditions. When normal laminar blood flow within the heart is disrupted, an audible sound is created b

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