THE NORMAL SYSTOLIC MURMUR
Authors: D GROOM, W CHAPMAN, W W FRANCIS, A BASS, Y T SIHVONEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 January 1960THE NORMAL SYSTOLIC MURMURDALE GROOM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WADDY CHAPMAN, M.D., WOFFORD W. FRANCIS, ANNE BASS, M.D., YRO T. SIHVONEN, M.S.DALE GROOM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WADDY CHAPMAN, M.D., WOFFORD W. FRANCIS, ANNE BASS, M.D., YRO T. SIHVONEN, M.S.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-1-134 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe terms "physiologic," "functional," "innocent" and "benign" have customarily been applied to heart murmurs which, by definition, arise in presumably normal hearts. Such designations imply a distinction between these sounds and those produced by some abnormality of the cardiovascular system (though not necessarily excluding extracardiac disease, such as anemia or hyperthyroidism). The concept of functional vs. pathologic murmurs is perhaps more clinically useful than decisive; generally the assumption is that an individual either does or does not have a murmur, and that if he does it either is or is not indicative of organic heart disease.It has been variously...Bibliography1. Contratto AW: Significance of systolic cardiac murmurs in college students, New England J. Med. 228: 449, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Luisada AA: Murmurs in children: a clinical and graphic study in 500 children of school age, Ann. Int. Med. 48: 597, 1958. LinkGoogle Scholar3. GroomSihvonen DYT: A high-sensitivity pickup for cardiovascular sounds, Am. Heart J. 54: 592, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Groom D: The effect of background noise on cardiac auscultation, Am. Heart J. 52: 781, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. GroomSihvonen DYT: High-sensitivity capacitance pickup for heart sounds and murmurs, I.R.E. Transactions on Med. Electronics, P.G.M.E. 9, Dec., 1957. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. GroomBoone DJA: The dove-coo murmur and murmurs heard at a distance from the chest wall, Ann. Int. Med. 42: 1214, 1955. LinkGoogle Scholar7. Groom D: Auscultation of faint heart murmurs, Postgrad. Med. 22: 360, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Leatham A: Systolic murmurs, Circulation 17: 601, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. SmithHervert ALWJ: A method for recording and reproducing fetal heart sounds, Am. J. Obst. and Gynec. 40: 102, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: DALE GROOM, M.D., F.A.C.P.; WADDY CHAPMAN, M.D.; WOFFORD W. FRANCIS; ANNE BASS, M.D.; YRO T. SIHVONEN, M.S.*Received for publication July 6, 1959.Presented at the Fortieth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 1959.From the Department of Medicine, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.†This research was supported by grants from the South Carolina Heart Association and the National Heart Institute. The collaboration of Mr. Sihvonen and other engineers of the Research Division of General Motors was effected as a contribution of the General Motors Corporation to medical research.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dale Groom, M.D., Department of Medicine, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston 16, South Carolina. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEjection MurmursA decision aid for referring patients with systolic murmurs for echocardiographyThe spectrum of mitral regurgitation in idiopathic mitral valve prolapse: a Color Doppler studyCardiovascular evaluation of adolescents and young adultsBlood Flow Disturbances in the Cardiovascular System: Significance in Health and DiseaseRole of blood viscosity in the production of innocent ejection murmursAortic origin of innocent murmursBibliographyPhysiological MurmursBedside diagnosis of heart disease: Analysis of murmursInnocent Cardiovascular Murmurs in the AdultRheumatic Fever in Children and Adolescents A Long-term Epidemiologic Study of Subsequent Prophylaxis, Streptococcal Infections, and Clinical Sequelae VII. Cardiac Changes and SequelaeALVAN R. FEINSTEIN, M.D., HARRISON F. WOOD, M.D., MARIO SPAGNUOLO, M.D., ANGELO TARANTA, M.D., SARAN JONAS, M.D., EDITH KLEINBERG, B.S., ESTHER TURSKY, R.N.Cardiac NoisesThe differentiation of organic and "innocent" systolic murmurs 1 January 1960Volume 52, Issue 1 Page: 134-144 Keywords Anemia Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular therapy Engineers Heart Heart murmurs Hyperthyroidism Pregnancy Respiration Systole ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...