MINNEAPOLIS — People with damaged mitral valves, which allow blood to flow backward in the heart, live longer and healthier lives if they get immediate surgery to repair a severe defect rather than ...

When Su Lee was just seven years old, he found out he had a heart murmur, caused by a congenital heart defect. The heart murmur was discovered at a routine check-up after Lee was in a car accident ...

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 ...

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 ...

Milly Lee, 37, didn't take her primary care doctor's advice. The Round Rock mom was busy raising a toddler when at her annual checkup in 2021, her primary care doctor told her she needed to see a ...

With heart disease the leading cause of death in the United States, two cardiologists in South Florida have developed innovative valve procedures that are saving lives. Dr. Jose Navia, chairman of ...

Tyler Clary, who captured Olympic gold in the men’s 200 backstroke at the 2012 Olympics in London, announced Thursday that he will undergo open heart surgery to correct a heart murmur, a congenital ...

She may be small, but Emerson Pullen has an enormous personality. The 3-year-old Tallahassee girl talks nonstop, loves to dress up, play with dolls and stuffed animals, and spend time in the kitchen ...

Heart murmurs are sounds, such as whooshing or swishing, made by rapid, choppy blood flow through the heart. The sounds can be heard with a device called a stethoscope and are different from those of ...