Vibratory murmur


 * is also called Still's murmur
 * systolic functional heart murmur, physiological, innocent
 * characteristic: audible (up to 3/6), lasts a short time, musical it (may sound like the muffled strumming of a string or also like the buzzing or screaming of a seagull)
 * is mostly heard: in the middle between the heart's apex and the left border of the sternum
 * it changes with the patient's position – is better audible when lying down rather than when sitting, increases during the physical activity or the excitement
 * occurrence: toddlers, preschool-age children, schoolchildren, and disappears in adolescents

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 * systolic functional murmurs: pulmonal expulsive murmur, supraclavicular murmur
 * continuous functional murmurs: whirling venous murmur
 * pericardial friction murmur