If you are a part-time career employee or on an uncommon tour of duty, you may also be eligible for military leave. Visit the Office of Personnel Managementâs (OPM) Military Leave page for additional information, including the types of leave available, how leave is charged and how it impacts your civilian pay.
Cardiac tumors may be primary (benign or malignant) or metastatic (malignant). Myxoma, a benign primary tumor, is the most common type. Cardiac tumors may occur in any cardiac tissue. They can cause valvular or inflow-outflow tract obstruction, thromboembolism, arrhythmias, or pericardial disorders.
Heart murmur facts. 1  Turbulent blood flow within the heart causes abnormal sounds called murmurs. 2  Most murmurs are functional, or physiologic, and are normal variants. They are often known as innocent murmurs. 3  Some murmurs are due to abnormal function of the valves in the heart. The valves may have narrowing (stenosis) or they may leak (regurgitation). Holes in the septum or wall that divides the atrium or ventricles (septal defects) may cause a murmur.