"Heart Murmurs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Heart sounds caused by vibrations resulting from the flow of blood through the heart. Heart murmurs can be examined by HEART AUSCULTATION, and analyzed by their intensity (6 grades), duration, timing (systolic, diastolic, or continuous), location, transmission, and quality (musical, vibratory, blowing, etc).
Descriptor ID |
D006337
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MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.447
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Concept/Terms |
Heart Murmurs- Heart Murmurs
- Heart Murmur
- Murmur, Heart
- Murmurs, Heart
- Cardiac Murmurs
- Cardiac Murmur
- Murmur, Cardiac
- Murmurs, Cardiac
Innocent Murmurs- Innocent Murmurs
- Innocent Murmur
- Murmur, Innocent
- Murmurs, Innocent
Diastolic Murmurs- Diastolic Murmurs
- Diastolic Murmur
- Murmur, Diastolic
- Murmurs, Diastolic
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2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heart Murmurs" by people in Profiles.
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Schnabel RB, Rienstra M, Sullivan LM, Sun JX, Moser CB, Levy D, Pencina MJ, Fontes JD, Magnani JW, McManus DD, Lubitz SA, Tadros TM, Wang TJ, Ellinor PT, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ. Risk assessment for incident heart failure in individuals with atrial fibrillation. Eur J Heart Fail. 2013 Aug; 15(8):843-9.
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Maron BJ, Estes NA, Maron MS, Almquist AK, Link MS, Udelson JE. Primary prevention of sudden death as a novel treatment strategy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2003 Jun 17; 107(23):2872-5.
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Benun J, Fisher SD, Orav EJ, Schwartz ML, Exil V, Messere C, Lipshultz SE. Cardiac management by pediatricians versus pediatric cardiologists in an inpatient academic center. Am Heart J. 2003 Mar; 145(3):424-9.
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Spodick DH, Pezzella AT. Images in clinical medicine. A grade 6 systolic murmur. N Engl J Med. 1999 Jul 01; 341(1):27.
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Spodick DH, Kerigan AT, de la Paz LR, Shahamatpour A, Kino M. Clavicular Auscultation. Preferential clavicular transmission and amplification of aortic valve murmurs. Chest. 1976 Sep; 70(03):337-40.