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Benign paediatric heart murmur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A benign paediatric heart murmur, also innocent heart murmur or innocent murmur, is an inconsequential sound that originates from the heart and/or cardiovascular system and is heard on cardiac auscult...
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My child has an innocent murmur. What do I need to do? Actually, nothing. Think of an innocent murmur like freckles. The murmur may not have been there before. Innocent murmurs tend to appear and disappear as children grow.
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What's an Innocent Murmur? Some murmurs may indicate a problem with the heart. If the doctor suspects something other than an innocent heart murmur, your child will see a pediatric cardiologist, who may order or perform additional tests such as a chest X-ray, an EKG (an electrocardiogram), or an echocardiogram.
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Heart murmurs is a common finding on routine examination of infants and children. 50% of normal children have an innocent heart murmur. A typical innocent heart murmur is vibratory (or musical) in quality. Harsh murmurs indicate pathology.
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A heart murmur is just a noise that the blood makes as it flows through the heart. It's like the noise water makes when it flows through a hose. Most heart murmurs don't mean there is anything wrong. Your doctor may call these murmurs "innocent" or "functional." "Normal" is another word to describe these murmurs.
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The morbidity of cardiac nondisease revisited. Is there lingering concern associated with an innocent murmur? Because the parents of a child with an innocent murmur may consider him or her to be "vulnerable,"
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It can occasionally be relatively simple to differentiate a systolic murmur due to valvular heart disease from an innocent, ejection murmur;
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innocent murmur, heart murmur, pediatric cardiologist: Hi, Sandra, Either this was a murmur that was always there and never was heard or is one that was just heard on this visit and never was there before. If it is the latter, then this is likely a functional or innocent murmur. In our practice, based in...
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Innocent systolic murmur –Heard at left sternal border –Increased when supine –May be caused by increased flow states (e.g., anemia, hypovolemia, fever) disappears when supine; innocent –Patent ductus arteriosus: Harsh, machinery-like murmur at left upper sternal border (LUSB)
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An innocent heart murmur generally doesn't require treatment because the heart is normal. If innocent murmurs are the result of a condition, such as fever or hyperthyroidism, the murmurs will go away once that condition is treated.
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