2006-09-08 15:41:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
The answer to your question is no. A ventricular septal defect is basically a hole in the septa that separates the ventricles. Now if a person has a VSD the turbulance of blood flow may indeed cause a murmur. A far more common cause of a murmur is valve disease. A valve can become calcified with age, or it can become narrowed or stenosed, or it can become incompetent, or no longer prevent the back flow of blood and this will cause a murmur. In the case of valve disease, it will depend on each individual case as to what the treatment will be. In the case of a VSD, usually this is treated surgically.
2006-09-08 16:05:50 · answer #1 · answered by mr.answerman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A VSD can cause a murmur, but there are very many other causes of heart murmur. I can never keep them all straight.
Murmurs in general are caused by abnormal blood flow, either through a hole in the heart (ASD/VSD), or across leaky valves (regurgitation), or through valves that don't open all the way (stenosis).
2006-09-09 15:01:36 · answer #2 · answered by J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A heart murmur is when one of your heart valves are not closing correctly. The most common is the mitral valve, where it "prolapses" and when a doctor or nurse is listening to your heart tones can hear an extra "thump" I do not know what "VSD" stands for. And I'm a nurse.
2006-09-08 15:48:05 · answer #3 · answered by CRSrn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No those are distinctive issues, notwithstanding they are able to be correct as interior the long term a murmur may bring about an enlarged heart. A murmur is a sound that your wellness care professional can hear whilst blood flows interior the incorrect direction by way of a heart valve. heart valves (you have 4 on your heart) are designed to steer away from blood from flowing backward interior the middle. it could happen that one in each of this valve leaks and helps blood to flow interior the incorrect direction era a distinctive noise referred to as a murmur. interior the long term and if the leak is severe, your heart has to pump extra suitable than standard because of the fact it is going to atone for the leak. like all different muscle, because of the fact your heart muscle has to perform a little extra artwork, it is going to enlarged for this reason the enlarged heart
2016-12-18 07:13:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart Murmur is how your heart is beating, and Vassuclar Disease is more to do with the veins and arteries to and from the heart.
2006-09-08 15:47:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be but some heart murmers can be caused by other things as atrial septal defects and mitral valve prolapses.
2006-09-08 15:46:41 · answer #6 · answered by chocoholic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋