Heart murmur is the medical term for audible blood flow through the heart. There are two main types of heart murmurs: physiologic and pathophysiologic. Flow murmurs are one example of a physiologic ...

In a healthy heart, blood flows in only one direction. The four valves of the heart prevent blood from flowing backward. But a leaky heart valve, or heart valve regurgitation, causes a backflow of ...

Researchers at Philips Research Europe (Hamburg, Germany) have performed a preclinical study using a prototype system based on a new technology called magnetic particle imaging (MPI) to capture ...

Learning that your newborn has a heart murmur can be scary news. But heart murmurs in newborns are actually extremely common and often harmless. Read on to learn more about what to look out for if ...