The Murmur Only Dr. Patel Could Hear

During her first clinical rotation at Johns Hopkins, medical student Anya Krishnan pressed her stethoscope to a patient's chest and heard nothing unusual — just the steady lub-dub she had memorized from textbooks. But Dr. Meera Patel, the attending cardiologist, leaned in and said, "Listen again. Right after the second beat. There's a faint whooshing sound." Anya listened. Nothing. Dr.…