How Serious is a Heart Murmur in a Child - On Call for All Kids

Innocent heart murmurs are normal sounds made by blood circulating through the heart and the blood vessels. The sounds result from blood traveling through the heart’s chambers and valves or through blood vessels near the heart. Ashish Shah, M.D., M.B.A., specializes in pediatric cardiology in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute. On this week’s On Call for All Kids, he gives parents important information about heart murmurs and what they should know. Learn more: www.hopkinsallchildrens.org/A...