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What Does It Mean When You Have A Murmur In Your Heart ?
what does it mean when you have a murmur in your heart? I went to the doctor for my headaches, and instead found something with my heart. They said that they could hear a murmur inside it. And they did an AKG on me, and said that it wasn t too good. So theyre sending me to a cardiologist, and now im kind of scared as to what the murmur could be inside my heart... What could it be? Ok, of all the times that I ve been to the doctor, they ve never noticed this murmur in my heart, and now it just appeard out of no where? Its kinda weird, plus still is freaky...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009
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It is a leak in the heart usually in a valve. Most murmurs are functional, so don't worry too much.
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