A heart murmur is a sound heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope. It results from the turbulence of blood flow through the heart’s valves, causing the surrounding walls to vibrate, which produces this characteristic sound.
This site is intended to provide information and make cardiology comprehensible for all patients; it is not a substitute for a doctor. It does, however, enable a better understanding of how the heart works, the many heart diseases that exist, the tests required to reach a diagnosis, and the drugs and other methods used to treat them.
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