Heart Murmurs in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.

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  • Author(s): Frank, Jennifer
  • Source:
    Pediatrics for Parents. Sep/Oct2011, Vol. 27 Issue 9/10, p13-14. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HEART murmurs; HEART diseases; THERAPEUTICS; HEART disease risk factors; PEDIATRIC cardiologists; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
    • Abstract:
      The article offers information related to heart murmurs which have higher risk related to underlying heart disease in newborns and infants than in older children and adolescents. It says that the pediatric cardiologist can perform an echocardiogram if the sound of the murmur during the test is worrisome. It states that there is higher chance to have serious heart murmur if a child has a family history of cardiac death. It adds that chest x-ray can help evaluate the cause of the heart murmur.