Diastolic Heart Murmur
Diastolic heart murmurs are heart murmurs heard during diastole.
Diastolic murmurs start at or after S2 and end before or at S1.
Many involve narrowing of the atrioventricular valves or regurgitation of the semilunar valves.
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