ALTHOUGH Fauvel, 1 in 1843, attributed the apical presystolic murmur to stenosis of the mitral valve, Duroziez's 2 description — "ffout-tata-rou" — in 1862 has been considered as the classic ...

Q: When considering exercise stress testing for risk stratification in your patients with symptoms suggestive of CAD,be sure to listen for a systolic ejection murmur in the aortic area. Such a murmur ...

Aortic stenosis is a disease often diagnosed in its asymptomatic phase due to its distinct murmur and the widespread use of noninvasive imaging. The history, however, is still of paramount importance ...

The physical exam findings of aortic stenosis and how they can help in diagnosis and grading of aortic stenosis are the focus of this episode of AP Cardiology with host Andrew Perry, MD, joined by ...

Heart auscultation by primary care providers detected heart murmurs in nearly 1 in 4 individuals in a Norwegian population. While murmurs were particularly useful for detecting aortic stenosis, their ...

What aortic stenosis sounds like? Differentiating systolic heart murmurs can be challenging. Differentiating systolic heart murmurs can be challenging. The murmur associated with aortic stenosis is ...

Does having a heart murmur mean you have a heart problem and need heart surgery? That’s not always necessarily true. But picking up a murmur on physical exam can, in certain circumstances, literally ...

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 ...

Still’s murmur (a.k.a. “innocent murmur” or “functional murmur”) refers to a benign flow murmur across the aortic valve from high cardiac output and/or increased contractility (inotropy). Frequently ...

Diastolic murmurs are graded on a scale of 1 to 4, while systolic murmurs are graded on a scale of 1 to 6. Often, grade 1 systolic/diastolic murmurs are not discernible to inexperienced clinicians, ...