Lubb-dupp. Lubb-dupp. Those are the words that health care professionals often use to mimic the sound of your heartbeat. That steady, regular sound is made by your heart valves opening and closing as ...

Not long ago, I saw a 5-year-old for her yearly checkup. The girl’s growth and development were normal, but she had one physical finding that concerned her parents. She had a heart murmur, an extra ...

Sometimes, a murmur sounds like a humming sound, which can be faint or loud. It might be temporary or persistent. Heart murmurs may be present at birth or develop later in life during pregnancy, ...

A heart murmur is a sound made by turbulent blood flow within the heart. Your doctor hears this sound with a stethoscope. A murmur can occur in a normal heart. Or it may indicate some problem within ...

Heart murmurs can sometimes be harmless, or they might need to be addressed if they're caused by a heart condition. Here's ...

Is a childhood heart murmur something to worry about? Not necessarily, says Dr. Angelo S. Milazzo, a pediatric cardiologist and medical director of Duke Children's Consultative Services of Raleigh. A ...

A heart murmur can be benign or potentially the sign of a more serious problem. Lubb-dupp. Lubb-dupp. Those are the words that health care professionals often use to mimic the sound of your heartbeat.