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Heart attack symptoms typically follow a classic pattern. The list below includes several common signs and symptoms of heart attacks. The victim does not need to have every item on the list in order to be having a heart attack, but if two or more of the items are present then it is important to [...]

Over time, cholesterol buildup can occur in these blood vessels in the form of plaque. This narrows the artery and can restrict the amount of blood that can flow through it. If the artery becomes too narrow, it cannot supply enough blood to the heart muscle when it becomes stressed. Just like arm muscles that [...]

The heart is a muscle like any other in the body. It needs blood flow to supply oxygen to allow it to do work. When there isn’t enough oxygen, the muscle starts to suffer, and when there is no oxygen, the muscle starts to die.Heart muscle gets its blood supply from arteries that start in [...]

Prevention of heart murmurs is related to the cause. Treatment of high blood pressure can prevent the congestive heart failure. Treatment of strep throat infection can prevent rheumatic fever. Many of the conditions that cause heart murmurs cannot be prevented. Many murmurs do not cause any harm and go away on their own. Hence, prevention [...]

An innocent heart murmur generally doesn’t require treatment because the heart is normal. If innocent murmurs are the result of an illness, such as fever or hyperthyroidism, the murmurs will go away once that condition is treated. If you or your child has an abnormal heart murmur, treatment may not be necessary. Your doctor may [...]

Doctors use a stethoscope to listen to heart sounds and hear murmurs. They often notice innocent heart murmurs during routine checkups or physical exams. Abnormal murmurs may also be heard during routine checkups. Murmurs caused by congenital heart disease are often heard at birth or during infancy. However, murmurs caused by other heart problems may [...]

If you have a harmless heart murmur, more commonly known as an innocent heart murmur, you likely won’t have any other signs or symptoms.An abnormal heart murmur usually has no obvious other signs, aside from the unusual sound your doctor hears when listening to your heart with a stethoscope. Most people with heart murmurs do [...]

There are two types are heart murmurs: innocent murmurs and abnormal murmurs. A person with an innocent murmur has a normal heart. This type of heart murmur is common in newborns and children. More than half of all children have heart murmurs at some time, and most of those murmurs are harmless. An abnormal heart [...]

Murmurs are extra heart sounds that are produced as a result of turbulent blood flow that is sufficient to produce audible noise. Most murmurs can only be heard with the assistance of a stethoscope (“on auscultation”).A functional murmur or “physiologic murmur” is a heart murmur that is primarily due to physiologic conditions outside the heart, [...]

Heart arrhythmias vary by types and degree of severity. A comprehensive diagnosis at Mayo Clinic helps determine the type of heart arrhythmia, its severity and what treatment may be most appropriate. Mayo Clinic provides patients of all ages with medical specialists and state-of-the-art facilities for diagnosing and treating all types of heart arrhythmias, including: Supraventricular [...]