A heart murmur is a sound often characterized as a "whooshing" or rushing of fluid that can be heard between heartbeats. As ...

whereas low-pitched sounds are heard with the bell. The anatomic location where the murmur is best heard is an important factor in determining the etiology of the lesion. The four main ...

early diastolic decrescendo murmur usually heard best at the third intercostal space on the left (Erb's point) at end expiration while the patient is sitting up and leaning forward. If the aortic ...

[16] The murmur associated with a PDA is best heard at the upper left sternal border and is described as a machinery-like murmur. The presence of other murmurs may assist in the differential ...

Always associated with this musical sound, however, is a rough, although perhaps very faint, systolic murmur, with or without a high-pitched quality, heard in the right second interspace.