Diastolic murmurs include aortic and pulmonic regurgitation (early diastolic), and mitral or tricuspid stenosis (mid-late diastolic). Tricuspid stenosis is very rare and is discussed further in ...

The murmur is described as a mid diastolic murmur heard at the mitral listening post with the bell of the stethoscope with the patient in the left lateral decubitus position at end expiration.

The sarcoplasmic reticular calcium ATPase activity (SERCA), which is necessary ... be contributing factors in the higher incidence of diastolic heart failure in the elderly population.