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By Mayo Clinic staffWhile there's not much you can do to prevent a heart murmur, it is reassuring to know that heart murmurs are not a disease and are often harmless. For children, many murmurs go away on their own as they grow. For adults, murmurs may disappear as the underlying condition causing them improves.
If your heart murmur is cause for concern, the condition causing the murmur is often treatable. Your doctor or cardiologist can help you decide the best treatment
- Heart murmur. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/heartmurmur/hmurmur_all.html. Accessed March 1, 2010.
- Heart murmurs. Nemours Foundation. http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/heart/heart_murmurs.html. Accessed March 1, 2010.
- Holes in the heart. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/holes/holes_all.html. Accessed March 9, 2010.
- O'Rourke RA, et al. The history, physical examination and cardiac auscultation. In: Furster V, et al. Hurst's The Heart. 12th ed. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2008. http://www.accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aID=3057807. Accessed March 1, 2010.
- Koo S, et al. Cardiovascular signs and symptoms in evaluating cardiac murmurs in children. Pediatrics International. 2008;50:145.
- Wilson W, et al. Prevention of infective endocarditis: Guidelines from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2007;116:1736.
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