Heart Murmur Treatments

Treatment

Benign heart murmurs require no treatment. Treatment of other heart murmurs depends on the underlying cause and extent of the problem.

Treatments include:

Medication

Medications can either treat the cause of the heart abnormality associated with the murmur or help compensate for its dysfunction:

Diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, digitalis—to treat heart failure
Antibiotics—to prevent or treat endocarditis
Anti-inflammatory drugs—to treat pericarditis

Surgery

Surgery is often necessary to treat severe heart abnormalities:

Replacement of defective heart valves with artificial ones
Correction of congenital heart defects
Removal of heart tumors

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