When a doctor listens to the heart of a person with a heart murmur, they may hear a whooshing, swishing, humming, or rasping sound. This is due to rapid, turbulent blood flow through the heart.

Blood flows through the heart and generates noises known as heart sounds. These noises occur due to heart valves opening and closing as the heart pumps blood. A doctor can gain valuable information 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 ...