Essentials Of Human Disease 2nd Edition by Leonard Crowley

Exercise 13

Sally Stevenson, a 22-year-old college student, has had a heart murmur for as long as she can remember. Recently she had a medical examination to qualify for joining a basketball team and was told that she should have a further evaluation to determine the cause of the murmur, and its possible effects on her cardiovascular system. She asks you what could cause her murmur and what are the possible effects on her health. What would you tell her?