A heart murmur is a continuous sound that is
audible with a common stethoscope, produced by turbulent blood along its
passage through heart cavities. Often heart murmurs are innocent and do not
underline a structural lesion.Heart murmurs are so frequent and touch almost80% of neonates and 1/3 of infants and children.
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Therefore, it shall remain the chief cause of
consultation in pediatric cardiology clinics. Congenital heart diseases (CHD)
are also known for their high prevalence with an incidence reaching 0.5 to
0.8%; most cases being diagnosed during infancy and accounting only 1 to 2/1000
cases in school-aged children later on.Innocent heart murmurs are isolated
murmurs with no other clinical or historical findings and no underlying
structural cardiovascular disease.
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