Essential Heart Sounds Systolic Murmur - Aortic Stenosis - anatomy Description Waveform Anatomy play pause Maneuver:Sitting Chestpiece Position:Aortic Chestpiece: Table of Contents Introduction Normal First and Second Heart Sounds - No Splitting Reduced Intensity First and Second Heart Sounds Split Second Heart Sound Third Heart Sound (S3) Gallop Fourth Heart Sound (S4) Gallop Third and Fourth Heart Sound Gallop Summation Gallop at 120 beats per minute Fixed Splitting of Second Heart Sound Mid-Systolic Click Systolic Murmur - Aortic Stenosis Diastolic Murmur - Aortic Regurgitation Mitral Valve Leaflet Prolapse Pansystolic Murmur - Mitral Regurgitation Diastolic Murmur - Mitral Stenosis Essential Heart Sounds: Systolic Murmur - Aortic Stenosis The animation shows a markedly thickened left ventricle. The aortic valve leaflets are thickened and immobile. The murmur is caused by turbulent flow across the stenotic aortic valve.