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. 1980 Aug;44(2):201–203. doi: 10.1136/hrt.44.2.201

Heart murmurs audible across the room in children with mitral valve prolapse.

G I Fiddler, O Scott
PMCID: PMC482382  PMID: 7426173

Abstract

Three children are described in whom an unusual heart murmur was intermittently audible in the same room without a stethoscope. Subsequent investigations disclosed mitral valve prolapse in all three patients.

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