What is a heart murmur?!
Question: What is a heart murmur!?
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A murmur is produced when blood running through the heart or any vessel for that matter and there is turbulent flow!. Sometimes they are "innocent" and of no consequence, sometimes they can be serious and deserve a 2D echocardiogram that a cardiologist can arrange!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
A murmur is produced when blood running through the heart or any vessel for that matter and there is turbulent flow!. Sometimes they are "innocent" and of no consequence, sometimes they can be serious and deserve a 2D echocardiogram that a cardiologist can arrange!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Heart murmurs are most often caused by defective heart valves!. A stenotic (sten-OT'ik) heart valve has a smaller-than-normal opening and can't open completely!. A valve may also be unable to close completely!. This leads to regurgitation, which is blood leaking backward through the valve when it should be closed!.
Murmurs also can be caused by conditions such as pregnancy, fever, thyrotoxicosis (thi"ro-toks"ih-KO'sis) (a diseased condition resulting from an overactive thyroid gland) or anemia!.
A diastolic (di"as-TOL'ik) murmur occurs when the heart muscle relaxes between beats!. A systolic (sis-TOL'ik) murmur occurs when the heart muscle contracts!. Systolic murmurs are graded by intensity (loudness) from one to six!. A grade 1/6 is very faint, heard only with a special effort!. A grade 6/6 is extremely loud!. It's heard with a stethoscope slightly removed from the chest!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Murmurs also can be caused by conditions such as pregnancy, fever, thyrotoxicosis (thi"ro-toks"ih-KO'sis) (a diseased condition resulting from an overactive thyroid gland) or anemia!.
A diastolic (di"as-TOL'ik) murmur occurs when the heart muscle relaxes between beats!. A systolic (sis-TOL'ik) murmur occurs when the heart muscle contracts!. Systolic murmurs are graded by intensity (loudness) from one to six!. A grade 1/6 is very faint, heard only with a special effort!. A grade 6/6 is extremely loud!. It's heard with a stethoscope slightly removed from the chest!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
A heart murmur is an extra or unusual sound heard during your heartbeat!. Murmurs range from very faint to very loud and sometimes sound like a whooshing or swishing noise!. Normal heartbeat sounds
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