Heart Murmur

Heart Murmur: Introduction

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
• more symptoms...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Heart Murmur:

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

Medical Textbooks Online about Heart Murmur

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Diagnostic Tests for Heart Murmur

• Stethoscope
• See tests for Arrhythmias
• more tests...»

Read more about tests for Heart Murmur

Wrongly Diagnosed with Heart Murmur?

• Misdiagnosis of Heart Murmur
• Failure to diagnose Heart Murmur
• Hidden causes of Heart Murmur (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Heart Murmur

Heart Murmur: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Attack -- Self Assessment Tools
• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Smoking -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Heart Murmur: Medical Mistakes

• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Heart Murmur: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Heart Murmur:

• Dieting & Weight management: products & offers »
• Heart health products & offers »
• High cholesterol
• more product offers...»

Heart Murmur: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Heart Murmur

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart attack, or...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this undiagnosed condition can be fatal. It should be...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the symptoms of hypertension that...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Heart Murmur

Heart Murmur: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Heart Murmur

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Heart Murmur:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Heart Murmur, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Heart Murmur: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Heart Murmur

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

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

Latest Treatments for Heart Murmur

• Statins
• Prophylactic antibiotics
• Vasodilators
• Nitrates
• Calcium channel blockers
• more treatments...»

See full list of 9 latest treatments for Heart Murmur

News Archives for Heart Murmur

Medical news articles related to Heart Murmur include:

• Scans Show Sound-Processing Deficits in Autistic Kids
• Study Lets Teens Sound Off on Acne Therapies
• Experts Sound Off on Workout Grunting
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Heart Murmur

Medical research articles related to Heart Murmur include:

• Antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis
• Diabetes in pregnancy: management of diabetes and its complications from pre-conception to the postnatal period
• Furunculosis
• Aortic Stenosis
• Endocarditis
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Videos for Heart Murmur

Patient Surveys for Heart Murmur

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your Heart Murmur
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Reseach about Heart Murmur

Visit our research pages for current research about Heart Murmur treatments.

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)
• more trials...»

Read more about Clinical Trials for Heart Murmur

Heart Murmur: Broader Related Topics

• Heart conditions
• Heart disease
• more types...»

Types of Heart Murmur

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User Interactive Forums

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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)