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Venous hum

MedGen UID:
548538
•Concept ID:
C0277928
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Bruit de diable; Venous Hum
SNOMED CT: Venous hum (90658001); Bruit de diable (90658001)

Definition

An innocent murmur with a medium pitched, blowing character with diastolic accentuation heard at the right or left upper sternal border that disappears with jugular venous compression or supine position. (ACC-AHA) [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Operative treatment of surgical lesions with objective tinnitus.
Ward PH, Babin R, Calcaterra TC, Konrad HR
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1975 Jul-Aug;84(4 Pt 1):473-82. doi: 10.1177/000348947508400405. PMID: 1155883

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Accidental Heart Murmurs.
Begic E, Begic Z
Med Arch 2017 Aug;71(4):284-287. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2017.71.284-287. PMID: 28974851Free PMC Article
The functional heart murmur: a wastebasket diagnosis.
Napodano RJ
J Fam Pract 1977 Apr;4(4):637-9. PMID: 853276
Innocent heart murmurs in children. A survey of 119 patients.
Appleyard WJ, Joseph M
Practitioner 1976 Nov;217(1301):783-6. PMID: 995834
The neck venous hum in adults.
Rivin AU
Calif Med 1966 Aug;105(2):102-3. PMID: 5946546Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Accidental Heart Murmurs.
Begic E, Begic Z
Med Arch 2017 Aug;71(4):284-287. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2017.71.284-287. PMID: 28974851Free PMC Article
Venous hum causing tinnitus: case report and review of the literature.
Anderson JE, Teitel D, Wu YW
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2009 Jan;48(1):87-8. Epub 2008 Jul 14 doi: 10.1177/0009922808321113. PMID: 18626105
Evaluation of children with heart murmurs.
Asprey DP
Lippincotts Prim Care Pract 1998 Sep-Oct;2(5):505-13. PMID: 9791388
Self-heard venous hums.
Hardison JE, Smith RB 3rd, Crawley IS, Battey LL
JAMA 1981 Mar 20;245(11):1146-7. PMID: 7463641
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease.
Snyder N, Patterson M, Hughes W
South Med J 1976 Feb;69(2):242-3. doi: 10.1097/00007611-197602000-00032. PMID: 1251252

Therapy

Audio-Doppler guidance using a small-caliber Doppler probe for internal jugular venous puncture for central venous catheterization in infants and children.
Arai T, Yamashita M
Paediatr Anaesth 2004 Sep;14(9):744-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01321.x. PMID: 15330956
Obstruction of the inferior vena cava following total heart lung transplantation: successful treatment by balloon angioplasty.
Bleasdale RA, Partridge J, Banner NR
J Heart Lung Transplant 2000 May;19(5):488-91. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(00)00090-5. PMID: 10808157
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome in which venous hum disappeared following endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy.
Yamakawa O, Ohta H, Watanabe H, Motoo Y, Okai T, Kadoya M, Matsui O, Sawabu N
J Gastroenterol 1996 Aug;31(4):618-22. doi: 10.1007/BF02355069. PMID: 8844490

Prognosis

Venous hum of the Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome: response to the Valsalva maneuver.
Hardison JE
Arch Intern Med 1977 Nov;137(11):1623-4. PMID: 921454
The venous hum: history, pathogenesis, incidence, recognition and significance.
BUTTROSS D
Am Pract Dig Treat 1955 Mar;6(3):342-5. PMID: 14350150

Clinical prediction guides

Initial Field Test of a Cloud-Based Cardiac Auscultation System to Determine Murmur Etiology in Rural China.
Pyles L, Hemmati P, Pan J, Yu X, Liu K, Wang J, Tsakistos A, Zheleva B, Shao W, Ni Q
Pediatr Cardiol 2017 Apr;38(4):656-662. Epub 2017 Feb 2 doi: 10.1007/s00246-016-1563-8. PMID: 28150025
The vibratory innocent heart murmur in schoolchildren: difference in auscultatory findings between school medical officers and a pediatric cardiologist.
Van Oort A, Le Blanc-Botden M, De Boo T, Van Der Werf T, Rohmer J, Daniëls O
Pediatr Cardiol 1994 Nov-Dec;15(6):282-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00798121. PMID: 7838801
Venous hum of the Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome: response to the Valsalva maneuver.
Hardison JE
Arch Intern Med 1977 Nov;137(11):1623-4. PMID: 921454

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