Heart murmurs can occur due to turbulent blood flow in or near the heart, usually caused by a structural problem or a ...

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 ...

M = mitral valve post (apex) E = "Erb's point" Note: Both the aortic and pulmonic listening posts are considered to be near the "base" of the heart. In general, a murmur will be the most intense ...

Blue Mountain's local Krish, 26, had no idea her heart was a ticking timebomb, until her mother heard her heart murmur ...

Examination of the heart showed a lift to the right ... The absence of signs of aortic-valve disease such as an aortic systolic murmur, diminished or absent aortic second sound, dilated ascending ...

The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.