Sound of Murmur

[dorv]

Can anyone tell me what the difference between a loud murmur and a soft murmur. When it was loud I heard them say it was a 3. My son has just had his pulmonary valve replaced with a human pulmonary allograft in Dec. We are waiting for an echo in the next couple of weeks.

 

[PapaHappyStar]

Hi,

Take a look here, it has definition of murmur grades:

http://home.cwru.edu/~dck3/heart/listen.html
I found this site with a google search for: cardiac auscultation murmur grade
Looks useful

It is not necessarily true that the louder the murmur the more severe the disease -- grade 3 is what they gave me for aymptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis with normal heart function. If the murmur for AS is softer and more prolonged it can indicate reduced heart function.

Regards,
Burair

 

[McCln]

Just get a echo done and ask the rech to put on the sound and let you know when you are hearing the murmur. When I heard my murmur last, it was very loud, and the speaker was not very loud and the swooshing was very sluggish. That is when I knew it was bad. Just do the echo and talk with the tech that you need to understand what is a loud murmur and a soft murmur sound. I hope this helped a little. Good luck.

 

[Harpoon]

A murmor is "more or less" defined as any sound abnormal to a regular, healthy heart rhythm.

I've always had doctors tell me I have a murmor because of a baffle and shunt that passes blood around in the right directions from my first OHS which was done after i was born to correct a congenital heart defect. Doctors that don't recognize this start asking all kinds of questions wanting to be sure that I know it's there and that it's SUPPOSED to be there.

Now I click too, but I haven't seen a doctor yet who didn't recognize that for what it really was.

I'll note that many children often have what's called "innocent" heart murmors which just go away in time. There's nothing really wrong, just that small hearts tend to make some funky sounds. My son had one when he had a fever about 2 years ago. He's quite heart healthy.