Heart murmurs

Introduction: Heart murmurs

Description of Heart murmurs

Heart murmurs (medical condition): 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 ...more

Heart murmurs: See also:

Heart Murmur:
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Heart murmurs: 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: MeSH 2007

Heart murmurs as a Disease

Heart murmurs: Another name for Heart Murmur (or close medical condition association).
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Heart murmurs: Related Diseases

Heart murmurs: Heart murmurs is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Heart conditions
• Heart disease

Causes of Heart murmurs

Some of the causes of Heart murmurs are included in the list below:

• 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 murmurs (Heart Murmur)

Symptoms of Heart murmurs (Heart Murmur)

Some of the symptoms of Heart murmurs incude:

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

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Hierarchical classifications of Heart murmurs

The following list attempts to classify Heart murmurs into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Heart Diseases
    • Heart Valve Diseases
      • Heart Murmurs

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Signs and Symptoms
    • Heart Murmurs

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Circulatory and Respiratory Physiology
  • Cardiovascular Physiology
    • Cardiovascular Physiologic Phenomena
      • Hemodynamic Phenomena
        • Heart Sounds
          • Heart Murmurs

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