A baby’s heart begins to form just weeks after conception, and while most hearts develop perfectly, congenital heart defects remain the most common birth anomalies. Among these, a Ventricular Septal ...

When a doctor listens to the heart of a person with a heart murmur, they may hear a whooshing, swishing, humming, or rasping sound. This is due to rapid, turbulent blood flow through the heart.

A heart murmur is present in babies born with ventricular septal defect. This is usually the first sign. Most often the murmur can be heard right after birth, but at times cannot be heard until the ...

Just the thought of a heart murmur in your child may be enough to invoke dreadful visions of heart disease and dysfunction. However, in most cases the murmur is entirely innocent and will not stop ...

Aim: To find out the significance of murmurs heard during infancy. Methods: Retrospective audit of all infants with newly heard murmurs referred from April 2007 to October 2009 to cardiac clinics in ...