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Murmurs are produced by turbulent flow, usually of higher velocity. Some of the murmurs are due to abnormal blood flow as in the case of leaky valve, obstructed valve or abnormal communication between the chambers of the heart in the form of birth defects in its walls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An audible vibration in between the heart sounds is called a heart murmur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heart-disease-faq"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is a heart murmur and what causes it? - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An audible vibration in between the heart sounds is called a heart murmur.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/what-is-a-heart-murmur-and-what-causes-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is a heart murmur and what causes it? 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