“What is a heart murmur?”
I'm only 30 years old. Sometimes I feel my heart beating very quickly, right before it goes back to normal. Could this be a heart murmur?
1 Answer
A heart murmur is typically caused by a leaky heart valve, however abnormally fast heart rate could be a normal reaction to stress or anxiety or an abnormal rhythm due to abnormality in the electrical system of the heart. My suggestion is to see a cardiologist who will likely order some sort of a monitoring system for couple of weeks to capture the rhythm and appropriately analyse it.
