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===Life Threatening Causes=== | ===Life Threatening Causes=== | ||
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. | Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. | ||
*[[Abdominal aortic aneurysm]] | |||
*[[Pulmonary embolism]]<ref name="pmid975962">{{cite journal| author=ZuWallack RL, Liss JP, Lahiri B| title=Acquired continuous murmur associated with acute pulmonary thromboembolism. | journal=Chest | year= 1976 | volume= 70 | issue= 4 | pages= 557-9 | pmid=975962 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=975962 }} </ref> | |||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
*[[Anemia]] | *[[Anemia]] | ||
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*[[Renal artery stenosis]] | *[[Renal artery stenosis]] | ||
*[[Valvular heart disease ]] | *[[Valvular heart disease ]] | ||
===Causes by Organ System=== | ===Causes by Organ System=== | ||
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Revision as of 01:30, 25 November 2013
Template:Continuous murmur Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Twinkle Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Common Causes
- Anemia
- Aortic coarctation
- Arteriovenous fistula
- Cervical venous hum
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Pregnancy
- Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula
- Renal artery stenosis
- Valvular heart disease
Causes by Organ System
Causes in Alphabetical Order
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ZuWallack RL, Liss JP, Lahiri B (1976). "Acquired continuous murmur associated with acute pulmonary thromboembolism". Chest. 70 (4): 557–9. PMID 975962.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jassal DS, Neilan TG, Hung J (2006). "A continuous murmur". Echocardiography. 23 (1): 60–1. doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.00112.x. PMID 16412186.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guray U, Guray Y, Ozbakir C, Yilmaz MB, Sasmaz H, Korkmaz S (2004). "Fistulous connection between internal mammary graft and pulmonary vasculature after coronary artery bypass grafting: a rare cause of continuous murmur". Int J Cardiol. 96 (3): 489–92. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.05.035. PMID 15301909.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Motoki T, Hayashi T, Katoh Y, Sakamoto T, Takeda T, Murao S (1979). "Hepatic bruits in malignant liver tumors". Am J Gastroenterol. 71 (6): 582–6. PMID 222133.
- ↑ MACPHERSON AI, MORTON EV (1955). "Continuous venous hum in a case of portal cirrhosis". Br Heart J. 17 (1): 105–8. PMC 503892. PMID 13230354.