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 ...

Sometimes, a murmur sounds like a humming sound, which can be faint or loud. It might be temporary or persistent. Heart murmurs may be present at birth or develop later in life during pregnancy, ...

Feb. 23—Detecting a heart murmur on your own can be tricky. A murmur is an extra heart sound that can be heard by a stethoscope. Sometimes, a murmur sounds like a humming sound, which can be faint or ...

Does having a heart murmur mean you have a heart problem and need heart surgery? That’s not always necessarily true. But picking up a murmur on physical exam can, in certain circumstances, literally ...

Sloane Atkinson is awaiting a donor heart. Doctors dismissed a newborn’s “grunting” as normal sounds — but six weeks later, the baby was intubated in the PICU, and is now awaiting a heart transplant.