Whirling venous murmur


 * is a continuous functional heart murmur, physiological, innocent
 * almost in every child when in sitting position
 * appears because of the turbulence in jugular veins when blood quickly returns to the right atrium
 * characteristics: appears in systole, continues over the second heart murmur and grows louder in diastole, intensity is 1–3/6
 * is mostly heard: in supraclavicular fossa, and it is louder on the right side
 * it is best audible when sitting and turning the chin maximally to the left and up
 * considerably weakens or even disappears in compression of the jugular vein on the one side and in the Valsalva maneuver

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