A study led by scientists at King's has revealed how the physical orientation of the heart inside the chest dramatically ...

Heart murmurs are extra sounds that accompany a heartbeat These are usually harmless or innocent or abnormal Here’s how to ...

Except for showing the complete heart block, the electrocardiogram was normal, indicating a probable atrioventricular nodal pacemaker.

Physical examination revealed 3/6 crescendo-decrescendo systolic murmur best heard at the second intercostal space in the right upper sternal border and radiating to the carotid arteries. There was ...

Laboratory investigation Patients referred with suspected HCM should have an ECG, a chest x ray, and a transthoracic echo Doppler examination on the initial visit. The ECG in HCM may be normal with ...

In our experience this murmur is to be confused only with a brief and probably extracardiac systolic squeak heard in the left precordium of young persons with otherwise normal hearts.

Although they sound scary, rest assured that heart murmurs are very common. Around 50 per cent of children have some kind of ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, is a genetic disease in which the heart muscle grows thicker than normal.

Hear murmurs are extra or abnormal sounds made by turbulent blood flowing through the heart. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of heart murmurs in children.

Mitral valve prolapse is a condition in which blood leaks backward through the mitral valve in the heart. This backflow of blood may result in a heart murmur.

Possible causes include anxiety, fever, exercise, and an overactive thyroid gland. Though most causes of a bounding pulse are ...

Heart palpitations without other symptoms may be related to anxiety or too much caffeine. If you’re unsure, read on to learn what’s possibly dangerous.