Graham Steell murmur

System: Heart & Circulation Signs · All heart & circulation signs

What it is — and how it is elicited

An early diastolic blowing murmur at the left sternal edge caused by a leaking pulmonary valve stretched by high pressure in the lung circulation.

What a positive finding suggests

Associated with pulmonary hypertension, traditionally from mitral stenosis.

◈ Behind the name

Graham Steell (1851–1942), British cardiologist.

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