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What is crescendo-decrescendo heart murmur?
its an ejection murmur, caused usually by stenosis eiher the mitral valve or the tricuspid valve, the crescendo decresencd is the sound the blood makes as it tries to push against the stenotic valve.
What is fluttering no pain on the left side above the navel what could it be?
The fluttering is the pulsation from the aorta. It is completely normal.
One example of a congenital heart defect is A. leukemia B. chronic high blood pressure C. an abnormally narrow aorta D. anemia?
An abnormally narrow aorta is a congenital heart defect (called coarctation of the aorta).
How do you explain about the VSD?
VSD is abbreviation of Ventrical Septal Defect whic is a congenital heart defect. it is a defect in the heart wall that seperates left and right ventricals. this wall is called Septum. in VSD the blood flows into right ventical from the left ventrical through the septum which is not normal. for more details please see wikipedia.org. thanks
What is pto heart disease?
If you mean PFO, it is a defect in the septum (wall) between the two upper (atrial) chambers of the heart. The defect is an incomplete closure of the atrial septum. A PFO is present in everyone before birth but seals shut in about 80% of people. It is not a disease but an abnormality.
Can a heart murmur be the result of a seizure?
Yes. A heart murmur is caused by a AVSD (Atrioventricular Septal Defect; a hole between the atria and between the ventricals) , VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect; as AVSD but just the ventricals) or an ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Also it could be caused with valve stenois
What defect causes a heart murmur?
Incomplete closint of any one of the 4 valves may cause a murmur
How does a heart murmur affect a dog?
full grown dogs? probably not, but my friend's kitten was put down because of an abnormal heart murmur. It depends upon the cause, there are benign heart murmur that cause no ill effects. There's also heart murmurs caused by a defect that will result i the dog feeling tired and having less energy than he or she would normally have.
Prolonged heart sound caused by incomplete closure of heart valves?
murmur
What is abnormal heart sound caused by improper closure of the heart?
murmurmurmurA murmur is a heart sound caused by turbulent blood flow resulting from an abnormal heart valve that either does not close appropriately or does not open normally.
What causes the heart murmur?
Some murmurs are caused by heart valves that do not close completely.
What is an abnormal prolonged heart sound caused by incomplete closure of heart valves?
Abnormal heart sound caused by improper closure of heart valve is called a murmur. A murmur is caused by turbulent blood flow, when a heart valve either fails to open normally or fails to fully close.
What are statistics of heart murmur?
In the newborn population, the prevalence of heart murmurs is between 0.6% and 4.2%.Among infants and children, an estimated 90% will have a heart murmur at some point during their infancy or childhood. Approximately 50% to 70% of infants and children are reported to have a heart murmur identified during a routine physical exam, but of all pediatric heart murmurs, less than 1% are caused by a congenital heart defect. About 70% of heart murmurs are asymptomatic in infants and children, and asymptomatic murmurs may be either innocent or pathologic.
What is the icd-9 code for heat murmur?
What caused the heart murmur? Is it congenital, acquired, mitral, tricuspid, aortic, pulmonary, septal?
How is a heart murmur detected?
A simple way for a heart murmur to be detected is by having a doctor listen to your heart using a stethoscope. If they are concerned about it, there are many diagnostic tests that can be used. These include chest X-ray, ECG, CT, MRI or Echocardiogram
What is the treatment for a heart murmur?
what is the treatment for a heart murmur
What is the duration of Murmur of the Heart?
The duration of Murmur of the Heart is 1.97 hours.
