SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Pediatrician Dr. Laura Waters with Mercy Springfield talks with KOLR10 Daybreak about heart murmurs in children. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published recent ...

Sometimes, a murmur sounds like a humming sound, which can be faint or loud. It might be temporary or persistent. Heart murmurs may be present at birth or develop later in life during pregnancy, ...

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 ...

How to spot the symptoms of heart murmurs in children 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 ...

Heart murmurs can be present at birth or develop later in life. Some heart murmurs, called innocent hurt murmurs, are harmless. An innocent heart murmur is not a sign of heart disease and doesn’t need ...

When a doctor listens to someone's heartbeat, they typically hear a characteristic sound: "lub-dub, lub-dub." In some people, though, this two-tone heartbeat is accompanied by whooshing or rasping ...

Bhavya Trivedi, MD, PhD, FHRS, FACC Children’s Cardiology Clinic ABOUT THE DOCTOR Dr. Bhavya Trivedi is a nationally ...