Heart Murmur

Introduction: Heart Murmur

A heart murmur is term used to describe the sound that the heart makes, when it appears different to normal beating. A heart murmur may possibly indicate an Arrhythmias (heartbeat irregularity) or other heart disorder, but some heart murmurs may be normal. Any heart murmur needs prompt professional medical investigation.

Symptoms of Heart Murmur

• Heart murmur
• Soft heart murmur
• Loud heart murmur
• Heart murmur heard only through stethoscope
• Lound heart murmur audible at the chest

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Heart Murmur:

• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
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• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Cholesterol Tests

Medical Textbooks Online about Heart Murmur

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Diagnostic Tests for Heart Murmur

• Stethoscope
• See tests for Arrhythmias

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Heart Murmur?

• Misdiagnosis of Heart Murmur
• Underlying causes of Heart Murmur (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Heart Murmur

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Causes of Heart Murmur

• Normal development - some mild murmurs may be normal
• Arrhythmias
• Heart disorder
• Heart valve disease
• See underlying causes of Arrhythmias

See full list of 6 causes of Heart Murmur

More information about causes of Heart Murmur:

• Underlying causes of Heart Murmur
• Heart Murmur as a complication caused by other conditions
• Heart Murmur as a symptom

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Reseach about Heart Murmur

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Clinical Trials for Heart Murmur

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Heart Murmur include:

• Retrospective Evaluation of Carvedilol Versus Captopril in CHF Patients - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Understanding Pediatric Chest Pain and Other Symptoms - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

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Definitions of Heart Murmur:

Heart sounds caused by vibrations resulting from the flow of BLOOD through the HEART. They are classified by time of occurrence during the cardiac cycle and duration, and graded by the intensity of sound on a scale of I to VI. They may be normal or abnormal. - (Source - Diseases Database)

An abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves - (Source - WordNet 2.1)