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Outside of the heart, audible turbulence is referred to as a bruit, whereas inside the heart it is called a murmur. A pictorial representation of systolic and diastolic murmurs is below.

Still’s murmur (a.k.a. “innocent murmur” or “functional murmur”) refers to a benign flow murmur across the aortic valve from high cardiac output and/or increased contractility (inotropy).