what is a 110 heart murmur? Also is it bad to have a heart rate of 62 and a bpm of 120/58?

Question

im a serious runner, and i dont know if this would greatly effect my running ability. I know that the normal is 120/80 and that its not good to have a high or low bpm. Am i just too worried?

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with the '110 hear murmur' term, but I've had my share of heart troubles. My guess is that they were monitoring the frequency and it was at 110 Hz, which is in the normal range.

I wouldn't worry about the 120/58 too much either. Your systolic pressure can be go up and down during the course of a day and can be affected by things like hydration and mood. You diastolic pressure is lower than the norm, but as a serious athlete, it tend to run a bit lower. Same thing with your pulse. The average person is @ 72 bpm, but it's not abnormal to see athletes at 60bpm. That is because your cardio system has become more effective at delivering the needed oxygen filled blood to the rest of your body.

Think of it this way, you've made your heart stronger so that everyday life is now easier for it. It doesn't have to work as hard as a normal person's heart to get the everyday tasks done. It's a piece of cake to your heart!

I was a runner too, until I was put on an exercise restriction for being underweight. So yeah, I have had lots of experience in hospitals, but I'm not a doctor myself.

Answer 2

A well trained athlete's resting pulse rate is 40--60 beats per minute (bpm). From your statement, it is seen that you are a trained athlete. Hence your resting pulse rate is normal. Athletic heart syndrome, (AHS) also known as athlete's heart or athletic bradycardia, is a non-pathological condition commonly seen in sports medicine, in which the human heart is enlarged, and the resting pulse lowers, due to significant amounts of exercise, commonly aerobic exercise, and especially in endurance sports.(e.g. Professional cyclist Miguel Indurain had a resting heart rate of 28 beats per minute). Athlete's Heart is common in athletes who routinely exercise more than an hour a day, and appears occasionally among heavy weight trainers. The condition is generally believed to be a benign, but may sometimes be hard to distinguish from other serious medical conditions. For example, the results of medical tests such as an electrocardiogram (ECG) can be mixed up with those of a serious heart disease by mistake.

Answer 3

Murmurs are abnormal heart sounds that are produced as a result of turbulent blood flow, which is sufficient to produce audible noise. This most commonly results from narrowing or leaking of valves or the presence of abnormal passages through which blood flows in or near the heart. Murmurs are not usually part of the normal cardiac physiology and thus warrant further investigations. However, they sometimes result from harmless flow characteristics of no clinical significance.

Heart murmurs can be classified by seven different characteristics: timing, shape, location, radiation, intensity, pitch and quality. Timing refers to whether the murmur is a systolic or diastolic murmur. Shape refers to the intensity over time; murmurs can be crescendo, decrescendo or crescendo-decrescendo. Location refers to where the heart murmur is auscultated best. There are 6 places on the anterior chest to listen for heart murmurs; the first five out of six are adjacent to the sternum. Each of these locations roughly correspond to a specific part of the heart. The locations are: 2nd right intercostal space, 2nd - 5th left intercostal spaces, and 5th mid-clavicular intercostal space. Radiation refers to where the sound of the murmur radiates. The general rule of thumb is that the sound radiates in the direction of the blood flow. Intensity refers to the loudness of the murmur, and is graded on a scale from 0-6/6. The pitch of a murmur is either low, medium or high and is determined by whether it can be auscultated best with the bell or diaphram of a stethoscope. Some examples of the quality of a murmur are: blowing, harsh, rumbling or musical.

For this article, heart murmurs will be primarily organized by timing.

Heart Murmurs

What causes heart murmurs?
Heart murmurs are most often caused by defective heart valves. A stenotic (sten-OT'ik) heart valve has a smaller-than-normal opening and can't open completely. A valve may also be unable to close completely. This leads to regurgitation, which is blood leaking backward through the valve when it should be closed.

Murmurs also can be caused by conditions such as pregnancy, fever, thyrotoxicosis (thi"ro-toks"ih-KO'sis) (a diseased condition resulting from an overactive thyroid gland) or anemia.

A diastolic (di"as-TOL'ik) murmur occurs when the heart muscle relaxes between beats. A systolic (sis-TOL'ik) murmur occurs when the heart muscle contracts. Systolic murmurs are graded by intensity (loudness) from one to six. A grade 1/6 is very faint, heard only with a special effort. A grade 6/6 is extremely loud. It's heard with a stethoscope slightly removed from the chest.

Your heart rate is fine but it seems high for the resting HR of a serious runner. I would check with a doctor on the BP because a systolic reading of 120 seems a bit high to me for someone in good cardiovascular shape.

Answer 4

Your blood pressure and pulse are perfect. Many people have a murmur that is benign, but it is something that should be monitored. Sometimes these things require that you have antibiotics before any procedure (medical or dental) that might result in some bleeding. Read about mitral valve prolapse. It is very common.

Answer 5

Your BP and heart rate are perfectly alright as I was Splinter too, I am giving you a clean bill regarding your cardiac status.
Relax and run more, enjoy a robust life.