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Continuous heart murmur

MedGen UID:
534400
•Concept ID:
C0232266
•
Finding
Synonyms: Continuous Heart Murmur; Continuous murmur; Continuous Murmur
SNOMED CT: Continuous murmur (59685007)
 
HPO: HP:0031670

Definition

A murmur that occurs in both systole and diastole. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis, imaging and clinical management of aortic coarctation.
Dijkema EJ, Leiner T, Grotenhuis HB
Heart 2017 Aug;103(15):1148-1155. Epub 2017 Apr 4 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311173. PMID: 28377475
Diagnosis and management of acyanotic heart disease: part II -- left-to-right shunt lesions.
Syamasundar Rao P
Indian J Pediatr 2005 Jun;72(6):503-12. doi: 10.1007/BF02724429. PMID: 15985740
Diagnosis and management of complications of prosthetic heart valves.
Kloster FE
Am J Cardiol 1975 Jun;35(6):872-85. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(75)90124-1. PMID: 1093375

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Giant aneurysm in a left coronary artery fistula: diagnostic cardiovascular imaging and treatment considerations.
Frestad D, Helqvist S, Helvind M, Kofoed K
BMJ Case Rep 2013 May 8;2013 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-008853. PMID: 23661653Free PMC Article
Patent arterial duct.
Forsey JT, Elmasry OA, Martin RP
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009 Jul 10;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-4-17. PMID: 19591690Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

A Case of Ruptured Giant Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Into the Right Ventricle in a Patient With Both Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects.
Mhanna M, Beran A, Nesheiwat Z, Eid J, Alom M, Grande R
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2022 Jul;40S:325-328. Epub 2021 Dec 4 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2021.11.041. PMID: 34887201
Patent arterial duct.
Forsey JT, Elmasry OA, Martin RP
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009 Jul 10;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-4-17. PMID: 19591690Free PMC Article
Right coronary fistula and aneurysm draining to the right atrium.
Pesonen E, Hochbergs P
Acta Paediatr 2009 Sep;98(9):1530-1. Epub 2009 Jun 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01359.x. PMID: 19549273
Continuous heart murmur in a 26-year-old woman.
Jahjah L, Vandenbossche JL
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 May;10(3):442-3. Epub 2008 Dec 2 doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen309. PMID: 19054782
Fistulous aneurysm of ductus arteriosus.
Borow KM, Hessel SJ, Sloss LJ
Br Heart J 1981 Apr;45(4):467-70. doi: 10.1136/hrt.45.4.467. PMID: 7225262Free PMC Article

Prognosis

A Case of Ruptured Giant Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Into the Right Ventricle in a Patient With Both Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects.
Mhanna M, Beran A, Nesheiwat Z, Eid J, Alom M, Grande R
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2022 Jul;40S:325-328. Epub 2021 Dec 4 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2021.11.041. PMID: 34887201
Giant aneurysm in a left coronary artery fistula: diagnostic cardiovascular imaging and treatment considerations.
Frestad D, Helqvist S, Helvind M, Kofoed K
BMJ Case Rep 2013 May 8;2013 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-008853. PMID: 23661653Free PMC Article
Patent arterial duct.
Forsey JT, Elmasry OA, Martin RP
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009 Jul 10;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-4-17. PMID: 19591690Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

A case of coronary artery fistula diagnosed in the right decubitus position by transthoracic echocardiography.
Araki R, Abe H, Adachi H, Umekawa S, Hattori S, Noda Y, Yasuoka Y, Sasaki T
J Clin Ultrasound 2011 Oct;39(8):493-6. Epub 2011 Mar 15 doi: 10.1002/jcu.20805. PMID: 21412784

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