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Is It Necessary To Undergo Echo For Heart Murmur?
I went for a physical to a new doctor. There was nothing alarming about my physical, but when I told them I have had a heart murmur all my life with no problems, I am age 59, they now want to do a echo. Is this necessary? I undertand they are expensive.
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
Hi,
If murmur is really present then it is advisable to do echocardiography (2DEcho) of heart, though there are no symptoms.
Heart murmur are due to-
1) Structural defects in heart like heart valves or any abnormal communication in heart chambers.
2) Abnormalities of blood flow like in severe anemia (low hemoglobin) called as functional murmur.
If murmur is really present then it is advisable to do echocardiography (2DEcho) of heart, though there are no symptoms.
Heart murmur are due to-
1) Structural defects in heart like heart valves or any abnormal communication in heart chambers.
2) Abnormalities of blood flow like in severe anemia (low hemoglobin) called as functional murmur.
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