These occur when there is a communication in the circulation with a continuous pressure gradient throughout the cardiac cycle. Continuous murmurs are often maximal in late systole. This fact helps to discriminate a continuous murmur from an ejection murmur accompanied by an early diastolic murmur. Possible causes of a continuous murmur include:
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