A Grade 4/6 decrescendo diastolic murmur at the left sternal border and a Grade 1/6 apical systolic murmur were noted. An electrocardiogram showed atrial fibrillation, right-axis deviation and a 4-mm.

“An overactive thyroid may cause turbulent blood flow in the heart,” says Dr. Collier, leading to a what’s known as a systolic heart murmur—it occurs before the first sound your heart ...

Auscultation is fleeting and systolic murmur is missed. But the English language literature from Asia contains multiple publications that describe the development of aortic valve stenosis after ...