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.

A heart murmur is an unusual sound heard between heartbeats. It doesn’t necessarily mean you have a heart condition, but it often requires further evaluation. During a checkup, your doctor will listen ...

Heart sounds are the noises made as blood moves through the heart with each heartbeat. When the heart valves close, they make a distinct lubb-dupp sound. Healthcare providers listen to the heart's ...

A third heart sound, or S3, is a low-frequency, extra heart sound that may be heard with a stethoscope right after the normal ...

San Francisco, CA - Calling into question the "time-honored" tradition of using third and fourth heart sounds to identify cardiac abnormalities, a new study indicates that the overall diagnostic ...

A heart murmur is an extra sound that can occur between heartbeats as blood moves through the heart. In babies, it is usually not a cause for concern. Sometimes, however, it can indicate an underlying ...

Andrew Josephson creates iPhone app that detects an abnormal heart. Feb. 28, 2014— -- Dr. Daniel Mason, a prominent cardiologist, had a big heart, taking an active interest in each one of his ...

Imagine if you could hold a stethoscope to your heart and find out with almost 90 percent accuracy if you were developing heart disease. Ph.D. student Valentina Dargam is working on a method to do ...