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Other Names for a Heart Murmur
Innocent Heart Murmurs
- Benign heart murmurs.
- Flow murmurs.
- Functional heart murmurs.
- Mammary souffle (SOO-fl). (This type of heart murmur is heard in some pregnant women because of increased blood flow to the breasts.)
- Normal heart murmurs.
- Physiologic heart murmurs.
- Still's murmurs.
- Venous hums.
Abnormal Heart Murmurs
- Pathologic heart murmurs.
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