Project on Heart Murmurs, can you please help me?

I am doing a research paper on what casues heart murmurs, and the treatments for them. I was wanting to know what exactly can casue them, and can you die from them. Also is a heart murmur and a hole in your heart the same thing?

Project on Heart Murmurs, can you please help me?
Last question first: they are not the same thing at all.





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my potassium level went up when I was taking Chantix. Doctor freaked!! Said I had developed a murmur. Sent me to Cardiologist for testing. Their testing could kill a healthy person!! Oh, not the ECGs and ultrasounds! Their little treadmill stress testing is what kills, then being left hungry and thirsty in a room for an hour waiting for the doctor to come and read the testing scores is what kills.





I am not going that route again, for sure!!





Oh, my blood pressure is now way down 115/45, the lipids panel is normal, the murmur exists!! It doesn't give me problems, just my doctors! I can and do anything and everything I want and eat as I please!
Reply:This Patient Guide is written for the loved ones of heart patients who are dealing with the short-term stress that comes with a test, procedure or recent diagnosis of heart disease. It explains why support is so important to a loved one with heart disease. It also offers practical strategies on how to support a loved one while also taking care of yourself.
Reply:Murmurs occur when there is a turbulent blood flow instead of the normal laminar flow. It can occur when blood flows through a narrowed orifice or an abnormal orifice. Narrowed orifice occurs when on or more of the valves get narrowed. Abnormal orifice occurs when a valve become leaky or when there is a hole in a wall separating two chambers / vessels. Only the severe forms of these disorders cause death, especially if left untreated. Most of the disorders which cause murmurs are treatable. Milder forms require only medications to modulate the heart function, while the severe forms need operations or other procedures. Heart murmur and hole are not the same. A hole can cause a murmur if it is between two chambers with a significant pressure difference on either sides so that there will be a high velocity jet of blood flowing across the hole.
Reply:Its the arthremic heart beat in youth yes you can die from it and you should get a check up before any actitvity like sports. kevin