The client has been told that he has a heart murmur. He asks the nurse to explain the nature of a heart murmur. What is the nurse's best response?
A. It is the rushing sound blood makes moving through narrow places. Some mur-murs are harmless and others indicate problems.
B. It is the sound of the heart muscle stretching in an area of weakness and usually indicates impending heart failure.
C. All hearts have murmurs. It is just a term doctors use to describe how well the blood circulates in the heart.
D. Heart murmurs are related to blood pressure. It is the sound the heart makes when it has to work too hard.
A
Murmurs reflect turbulent blood flow through normal or abnormal valves. The significance of a murmur depends on its cause. Some murmurs are associated with a very healthy heart that ejects blood quickly and turbulently from the left ventricle. Other murmurs may be indicators of severe valve, vessel, or heart problems.
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