Heart murmur natural history, complications and prognosis
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Overview
Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis
Natural History
- heart murmur may present as innocent murmrur in one particular area of the precardium or as pathological murmur.
- It may be associated with symptoms such as chest pain, breathlessness, signs of cardiac or extra cardiac disease.
- Heart murmur are common in children and constitute the second most common reason for referral from primary care to pediatric secondary care after asthma.[1]
- The majority of murmurs in children are innocent and found incidentally.[1]
Complications and Prognosis
- Complication of heart murmur depend on the cause
- Patients presenting with innocent heart murmur generally have a good prognosis
- For people with other types of heart murmurs, the prognosis depends on the type of heart problem and its severity.[2]
- However, a major role in whether one should ‘worry’ or not is depend on taking a good history from the patient and family history of heart disease.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Khushu, Abha; Kelsall, Anthony W.; Usher-Smith, Juliet A. (2014). "Outcome of children referred with heart murmurs referred from general practice to a paediatrician with expertise in cardiology". Cardiology in the Young. 25 (1): 123–127. doi:10.1017/S104795111400095X. ISSN 1047-9511.
- ↑ "Heart Murmur - Harvard Health".