These include the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid valves. A heart murmur can occur when one of these valves does not function properly. The aortic valve sits between the left ventricle ...

M = mitral valve post (apex) E = “Erb’s point” Note that both the aortic and pulmonic listening posts are considered to be near the “base” of the heart. In general, a murmur will be the ...

This valve is attached to the heart in two separate locations—one to the mitral annulus and the other ... There were no murmurs. He thanked me—“Nice job, Al”—and left.

A diastolic thrill was palpable, however, over the septal leaflet of the mitral valve in each case ... technics for the physiologic study of heart murmurs have become available.

Mitral valve prolapse is usually asymptomatic unless congestive heart failure occurs from mitral ... usually followed by a uniform, high-pitched murmur. The murmur is actually due to mitral ...

revealed severe mitral regurgitation as the cause of Maple’s heart murmur. The echocardiogram confirmed a diagnosis of chronic valve disease in Maple. As this disease progresses, the heart ...