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How Is a Heart Murmur Treated?

If you have been diagnosed with a heart murmur, it is important to discuss the next steps that are right for you. Talk to both your physician and a heart specialist before determining treatment.

A heart murmur isn't a disease. It's an extra or unusual sound heard during the heartbeat. Thus, murmurs themselves don't require treatment. However, if an underlying condition is causing a heart murmur, your doctor may recommend treatment for that condition.

Innocent (Harmless) Heart Murmurs

Healthy children who have innocent (harmless) heart murmurs don't need treatment. Their heart murmurs aren't caused by heart problems or other conditions.

Pregnant women who have innocent heart murmurs due to extra blood volume also don't need treatment. Their heart murmurs should go away after pregnancy.

Abnormal Heart Murmurs

If you or your child has an abnormal heart murmur, your doctor may recommend treatment for the disease or condition causing the murmur.

Some medical conditions, such as anemia or hyperthyroidism, can cause heart murmurs that aren't related to heart disease. Treating these conditions should make the murmur go away.

If a congenital heart defect is causing a heart murmur, treatment will depend on the type and severity of the defect. Treatment may include medicines or surgery.

If acquired heart valve disease is causing a heart murmur, treatment usually will depend on the type, amount, and severity of the disease.

Currently, no medicines can cure heart valve disease. However, lifestyle changes and medicines can treat symptoms and help delay complications. Eventually, though, you may need surgery to repair or replace a faulty heart valve.


Why The Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Care?

The Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Care offers you and your referring physician safe, compassionate, quality care for even the most complex cardiovascular conditions, including consultations for:

  • Heart valve problems, such as mitral valve regurgitation, aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, aortic insufficiency, tricuspid valve disease, aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection
  • Heart failure
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Inherited heart disorders, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; familial dilated cardiomyopathy​; arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD); Long QT syndrome, Short QT syndrome; Brugada syndrome; Marfan syndrome; Loeys/Dietz syndrome; Thoracic aortic aneurysm​ syndrome​
  • Vascular disease​

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