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Mammary Souffle

MedGen UID:
1720346
•Concept ID:
C5239550
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Finding

Definition

An innocent murmur with a medium or high pitched, blowing character with continuous flow with systolic accentuation heard over or above the breasts that disappears with compression of the breast tissue. (ACC-AHA) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMammary Souffle

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Accidental Heart Murmurs.
Begic E, Begic Z
Med Arch 2017 Aug;71(4):284-287. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2017.71.284-287. PMID: 28974851Free PMC Article
The functional heart murmur: a wastebasket diagnosis.
Napodano RJ
J Fam Pract 1977 Apr;4(4):637-9. PMID: 853276

Diagnosis

Accidental Heart Murmurs.
Begic E, Begic Z
Med Arch 2017 Aug;71(4):284-287. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2017.71.284-287. PMID: 28974851Free PMC Article
Continuous heart murmur in a 26-year-old woman.
Jahjah L, Vandenbossche JL
Eur J Echocardiogr 2009 May;10(3):442-3. Epub 2008 Dec 2 doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen309. PMID: 19054782
The functional heart murmur: a wastebasket diagnosis.
Napodano RJ
J Fam Pract 1977 Apr;4(4):637-9. PMID: 853276

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