Diving with a heart murmur

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I have just recently been diagnosed with a heart murmur. I have only been diving for a few months now. Is there any chance that the diving could have caused the heart murmur or made an already existing murmur worse due to the increase in pressure? I am otherwise very fit and healthy.

A worried Diver
 
A heart murmur can be a symptom of one of many different physiological problems. Do you know what is causing your murmur (mis-shapen valves, leaky valves, etc)?

Mike
 
Mike Loyco:
A heart murmur can be a symptom of one of many different physiological problems. Do you know what is causing your murmur (mis-shapen valves, leaky valves, etc)?

Mike
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Thank you for your reply.

I do not know as yet what is causing it. I am going for an Echocardiogram in a couple of days so will know more then.
 
Hi crollae,

welcome to the board. In answer to you question, a friend and fellow instructor, also has a murmur. When he visited docs, they advised him not to dive, but said it was simply a precautionary measure, however he is due for a procedure in the next couple of weeks, to correct the issue, and seemingly, he should be cleared to dive after that without any problems.

So my advice to you (and I'm not a doc) is to go ahead and give DAN a call. They will be able to direct you in the direction you need to go, but I figured if I shared my friends situation it might give you an idea how things work.

HTH,

Scubafreak
 
As a diver and cardiologist, I would recommend not diving until the echocardiogram. There are a multitude of things that can cause "murmurs", ranging from the very benign to the very serious. The "murmur" you have is unlikely to prevent you from diving unless there is a critical narrowing of one of the valves, but I'd wait to dive until you know for sure what you are dealing with. Once you have an exact diagnosis based on the echo results, give DAN a call for their recommendations. Feel free to PM me as well. I would be happy to explain the diagnosis and implications to you, both diving and otherwise.
 
debersole:
As a diver and cardiologist, I would recommend not diving until the echocardiogram. There are a multitude of things that can cause "murmurs", ranging from the very benign to the very serious. The "murmur" you have is unlikely to prevent you from diving unless there is a critical narrowing of one of the valves, but I'd wait to dive until you know for sure what you are dealing with. Once you have an exact diagnosis based on the echo results, give DAN a call for their recommendations. Feel free to PM me as well. I would be happy to explain the diagnosis and implications to you, both diving and otherwise.
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Thank you for your reply, I will let you know how the echo goes.
 
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