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| Murmur | Description | Indication |
| Cooing Murmur | Musical murmur | |
| Holosystolic Murmur | Pansystolic murmur | |
| Innocent Murmur | Functional murmur without anatomic abnormality for the murmur. | |
| Musical Murmur | Having a musical quality | |
| Pansystolic Murmur | Occupies entire interval of systole. | |
| Regurgitant Murmur | Caused by leakage of an incompetent heart valve. | |
| Hemic Murmur
Flow Murmur |
Murmur heard, but no valvular lesions. Due to blood turbulence. | Anemia |
| Austin Flint Murmur | Presystolic murmur similar to mitral stenosis, heard at cardiac apex. Caused by regurgitation from Aorta partially narrowing the mitral valve. | Aortic Insufficiency |
| Diamond-Shaped Murmur | Crescendo-Decrescendo murmur | Aortic Stenosis
Pulmonic Stenosis |
| Early Diastolic Murmur | Begins right after the second heart sound. | Aortic Insufficiency |
| Ejection Murmur | Diamond-shaped systolic murmur ending before the second heart sound, produced by the ejection of blood into the Aorta or Pulmonary Arteries | Aortic Stenosis
Pulmonic Stenosis |
| Cardiopulmonary Murmur | Related to movement of the heart, and disappearing when the breath is held. | Innocent |
| Still's Murmur | Innocent musical murmur resembling a twanging string | Innocent |
| Late Systolic Murmur | Diamond-shaped murmur late in systole. Often accompanied by mid or late systolic click. | Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) |
| Middiastolic Murmur | Begins after the AV valves have opened in diastole. | Mitral Stenosis |
| Presystolic Murmur | Occurs during late diastole, caused by contraction of the atria. | Mitral Stenosis
Narrowing of the AV valves |
| Machinery Murmur | Continuous rumbling murmur, heard throughout systole and diastole. | Patent Ductus Arteriosus |
| Extracardiac Murmur | Heard over precordium, but originating from structures other than the heart | Pericardial Friction Rubs |
| Graham Steele's Murmur | Early diastolic murmur heard over Erb's Point. | Pulmonic Insufficiency, secondary to Pulmonary Hypertension and Mitral Stenosis. |
| Roger's Murmur | Loud pansystolic murmur maximal at the left sternal border. | Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) |