In full-term infants, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) usually is first suspected when the baby's doctor hears a heart murmur during a regular checkup. A heart murmur is an extra or unusual sound heard ...

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 ...

The "murmur" is the sound of blood flowing. It may be passing through an abnormal heart valve, for instance. Or it may be that a condition makes your heart beat faster and forces your heart to handle ...

Dogs, cats and companion animals including ferrets can all be affected by cardiac disorders, many of which are life-threatening. Some conditions are congenital – present at birth, such as stenosis ...

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 ...

Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is usually discovered early in life. Sometimes, a very small PDA may go unnoticed. They may be discovered during a routine doctor’s examination. An infant or an adult ...