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Heart Murmurs in Children, These are summarised below: Innocent Murmurs Name Features Differential Still's murmur Mid-left sternal bord...
Heart Auscultation (Types of Heart Sounds and Murmurs), The interpretation of heart murmurs in children can be especially difficult and it is discussed elsewhere in the sepa...
Heart Disease, This is one of the things that the doctor will check your baby for in the baby checks shortly after birth, and again when the baby is about 8 weeks of age. Many heart...
Heart Valve Disease, How are heart valve problems diagnosed? A doctor may hear a heart murmur or other abnormal noises when listening with a stethoscope. , Endocard...
Congenital Heart Disease in Children, Others are diagnosed at various ages subsequent to the detection of a heart murmur as part of routine screening or during clinical examination for interc...
This may be because they are having an echocardiogram (an ultrasound scan of the heart) for another reason. Sometimes a heart murmur is heard whilst examining the heart an...
However, if your baby is found to have a murmur, they will be referred to a heart specialist for investigation with a scan of the heart (echocardiogram).
Feel over the anterior chest wall for any thrills associated with cardiac murmurs. Auscultation of the heart - see the separate Heart Auscultation and Heart Murm...
Presentation See also the separate Heart Auscultation and Heart Murmurs in Children articles. Pulmonary regurgitation is usually asymptomatic unless severe, when it may ...
The following may be picked up: During a routine check in a baby or child, the healthcare professional may hear a heart murmur when they listen to the child's heart. A ...
Have signs of heart failure . Have a heart murmur between the left second and third ribs when the heart is contracting (a pulmonary flow murmur).
Listening for heart murmurs, indicating a problem with the heart valves. Possible tests These include: Blood tests , which are carried out to look for: Anaemia...
Heart in Systemic Disease, A soft, rumbling, mid-diastolic murmur, called the Carey Coombs' murmur, may be heard during active disease. Severe disease is associated with...
Heart Failure Diagnosis and Investigation, Objective evidence of a structural or functional abnormality of the heart at rest: cardiomegaly, third heart sound, cardiac mu...
Tricuspid valve disease symptoms See also the separate Heart Auscultation and Heart Murmurs in Children articles. Detection requires careful evaluation, as it is almost alw...
Aortic regurgitation symptoms (presentation) See also the separate Heart Auscultation, Heart Murmurs in Children and Pulse Examination articles. Aortic regurgitation i...
The Heart and Blood Vessels, The walls of the heart chambers are made mainly of special heart muscle. The different sections of the heart have to squeeze (contract)...
Congenital Heart Disease, In the different conditions, the defect is in different parts of the heart. The problem can be with the chambers of the heart, the valves of the ...
Congestive Heart Failure, Surgery to replace or fix a heart valve may be done if a damaged heart valve is the cause of the heart failure. A heart transp...
Heart Attack Recovery, For some people, the biggest cause of disability following a heart attack is not their heart but unfounded worries and anxiety about their heart...