Heart Murmur Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What Heart Murmur treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat Heart Murmur
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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