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Abnormal heart sounds are called heart murmurs. A heart murmur may occur in between regular heartbeats and sound like one of the following: a rasping. a whooshing.
What are irregular heart sounds called?
Overview. Heart murmurs are sounds — such as whooshing or swishing — made by rapid, choppy (turbulent) blood flow through the heart. The sounds can be heard with a device called a stethoscope.
What are normal and abnormal heart sounds?
The main normal heart sounds are the S1 and the S2 heart sound. The S3 can be normal, at times, but may be pathologic. A S4 heart sound is almost always pathologic. Heart sounds can be described by their intensity, pitch, location, quality and timing in the cardiac cycle.
