Although heart murmur in children is usually harmless (referred to as innocent murmur), in a small number of cases it is symptomatic of cardiac disease (referred to as pathologic murmur). A new study ...

Heart disease in infants and children can impact their growth and development and significantly increase the challenges of raising them. My interest in this topic grew out of personal experience with ...

Up to 76 percent of children will have a heart murmur at some point in their lives, but it can be difficult to spot the symptoms. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta heart specialist Dr. Glen Iannucci ...

Does having a heart murmur mean you have a heart problem and need heart surgery? That’s not always necessarily true. But picking up a murmur on physical exam can, in certain circumstances, literally ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD A Still’s murmur is an abnormal heartbeat ...