presystolic murmur

murmur /mur·mur/ (mur´mer) [L.] an auscultatory sound, particularly a periodic sound of short duration of cardiac or vascular origin.

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anemic murmur  a cardiac murmur heard in anemia.

aortic murmur  one generated by blood flowing through a diseased aorta or aortic valve.

arterial murmur  one over an artery, sometimes aneurysmal and sometimes constricted.

Austin Flint murmur  a presystolic murmur heard at the apex in aortic regurgitation.

cardiac murmur  one of finite length generated by turbulence of blood flow through the heart.

Carey Coombs murmur  a rumbling mid-diastolic murmur occurring in the active phase of rheumatic fever.

continuous murmur  a humming cardiac murmur heard throughout systole and diastole.

Cruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur  one heard at the abdominal wall over veins connecting the portal and caval systems.

diastolic murmurs  cardiac murmurs heard during diastole, usually due to semilunar valve regurgitation or to altered blood flow through atrioventricular valves.

Duroziez's murmur  a double murmur over the femoral or other large peripheral artery; due to aortic insufficiency.

ejection murmur  a type of systolic murmur usually heard in midsystole when ejection volume and velocity of blood flow are maximal, such as in aortic or pulmonary stenosis.

extracardiac murmur  one heard over the heart but originating from another structure.

friction murmur  see rub.

functional murmur  a cardiac murmur generated in the absence of organic cardiac disease.

Gibson murmur  a long, rumbling cardiac murmur heard for most of systole and diastole, usually in the second left interspace near the sternum, indicative of patent ductus arteriosus.

Graham Steell's murmur  one due to pulmonary regurgitation in patients with pulmonary hypertension and mitral stenosis.

heart murmur  cardiac m.

innocent murmur  functional m.

machinery murmur  Gibson m.

musical murmur  a cardiac murmur having a periodic harmonic pattern.

organic murmur  one due to a lesion in an organ, e.g., the heart, a vessel, or a lung.

pansystolic murmur  a regurgitant murmur heard throughout systole.

pericardial murmur  see under rub.

prediastolic murmur  a cardiac murmur heard just before and with diastole; due to mitral obstruction, or to aortic or pulmonary regurgitation.

presystolic murmur  a cardiac murmur heard just before ventricular ejection, usually associated with atrial contraction and the acceleration of blood flow through a narrowed atrioventricular valve.

pulmonic murmur  one due to disease of the pulmonary valve or artery.

regurgitant murmur  one due to regurgitation of blood through an abnormal valvular orifice.

seagull murmur  a raucous murmur with musical qualities, such as that heard occasionally in aortic insufficiency.

Still's murmur  a low-frequency, vibratory or buzzing, functional cardiac murmur of childhood, heard in midsystole.

systolic murmurs  cardiac murmurs heard during systole; usually due to mitral or tricuspid regurgitation or to aortic or pulmonary obstruction.

to-and-fro murmur  a friction rub heard in both systole and diastole.

vascular murmur  one heard over a blood vessel.

vesicular murmur  vesicular breath sounds.

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presystolic murmur

n.

A murmur heard at the end of ventricular diastole, during atrial systole, usually due to obstruction at an atrioventricular orifice.

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presystolic murmur (psm)

Etymology: L, prae, before; Gk, systole, contraction; L, murmur, humming

a heart murmur heard immediately before systole in cases of mitral valve stenosis.

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murmur

an auscultatory sound, particularly a periodic sound of short duration of cardiac or vascular origin.

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anemic murmur

see blood murmur (below).

aortic murmur

a sound indicative of disease of the aortic valve.

apex murmur

one heard over the apex of the heart.

arterial murmur

one in an artery, sometimes aneurysmal and sometimes constricted.

blood murmur

one due to an abnormal, commonly anemic, condition of the blood. Called also anemic murmur.

cardiac murmur

see heart murmur (below).

cardiopulmonary murmur

one produced by the impact of the heart against the lung.

continuous murmur

a humming murmur heard throughout systole and diastole.

crescendo murmur

one marked by progressively increasing loudness.

crescendo-decrescendo murmur

one with increasing intensity until mid- to late systole, then a decreasing intensity, giving a diamond-shaped tracing on phonocardiography. Characteristic of pulmonary stenosis.

decrescendo murmur

one with an intensity that gradually decreases. Heard during diastole in aortic or pulmonary valvular insufficiency.

diamond-shaped murmur

refers to the phonocardiographic tracing of a crescendo-decrescendo murmur.

diastolic murmur

one at diastole, due to mitral obstruction or to aortic or pulmonary regurgitation.

ejection murmur

systolic murmur heard predominantly in mid-systole, when ejection volume and velocity of blood flow are at their maximum.

friction murmur

friction rub.

functional murmur

a cardiac murmur occurring in the absence of structural changes in the heart.

heart murmur

any adventitious sound heard over the region of the heart. It may indicate a leaking or stenotic valve, a congenital patency between the right and left sides of the heart, or be a functional murmur which does not indicate cardiac disease. These occur in young foals, some of them disappear before maturity.

hemic murmur

see blood murmur (above).

innocent murmur

one caused by increased velocity of blood rather than a cardiac lesion.

machinery murmur, machinery-like murmur

a long, rumbling sound occupying most of systole and diastole. Characteristic of patent ductus arteriosus and arteriovenous fistulas.

mitral murmur

one due to disease of the mitral valve.

musical murmur

a cardiac murmur having a periodic harmonic pattern.

organic murmur

one due to structural change in the heart.

pansystolic murmur

one heard throughout systole.

prediastolic murmur

one occurring just before and with diastole, due to mitral obstruction or to aortic or pulmonary regurgitation.

presystolic murmur

one occurring shortly before the onset of ventricular ejection, usually associated with a narrowed atrioventricular valve.

pulmonary murmur

one due to disease of the valves of the pulmonary artery.

radiating heart murmur

one which is heard over a wider area or over another area. The systolic murmur of subaortic stenosis radiates up the aortic arch and carotid arteries. It can be heard over the right, as well as left, heart base and occasionally over the head.

regurgitant murmur

one due to a dilated valvular orifice, with consequent regurgitation of blood through the valve.

seagull murmur

a raucous murmur resembling the call of a seagull, frequently heard in aortic insufficiency.

systolic murmur

one occurring at systole, usually due to mitral or tricuspid regurgitation, or to aortic or pulmonary obstruction.

tricuspid murmur

one caused by disease of the tricuspid valve.

vascular murmur

one heard over a blood vessel.

vesicular murmur

the normal breath sounds heard over the lungs.

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presystolic murmur

Cardiology A late diastolic murmur caused by atrial contraction against mitral stenosis or AV valve stenosis