What does a heart murmur indicate?
A heart murmur is a sound made by turbulent blood flow within the heart. Your doctor hears this sound with a stethoscope. The turbulence most often happens in a normal heart creating what is known as a benign flow murmur. A murmur can occur in a normal heart. Or, a heart murmur may indicate a structural abnormality of a heart valve or heart chamber, or it may be due to an abnormal connection between two parts of the heart. Some abnormalities of the heart that create heart murmurs include a tight or leaky heart valve, mitral valve prolapse and a congenital heart problem.
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