Abstract
The term “Innocent murmur” is used when conditions that lead to the production of the murmur are entirely benign and free of significant organic abnormalities. The murmurs are generally caused by turbulence as a result of normal or rapid flow. The murmur may be entirely systolic and occasionally continuous; very rarely it may be mid-diastolic. In this chapter, we will review when to suspect innocent murmurs along with the appropriate history and physical, differential diagnosis, and work-up.
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Kim, C.M., Hubbard, R. (2015). The Innocent Murmur. In: Taylor, A. (eds) Learning Cardiac Auscultation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6738-9_23
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