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Heart murmurs and other sounds

Alternate Names : Chest sounds - murmurs, Heart sounds - abnormal

What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office

The health care provider will usually discover a heart murmur during a physical examination. You may or may not have been aware of its presence. The physical examination will include careful attention to heart sounds.

The doctor may ask the following questions:

Have other family members had murmurs or other abnormal heart sounds?
Is there any family history of heart problems?
What other symptoms do you have, such as:
- Bluish skin color (cyanosis)
- Chest pain
- Distended neck veins
- Fainting (syncope)
- Liver enlargement
- Lung sound changes
- Shortness of breath
- Swelling
- Weight gain

Diagnostic testing to determine the cause of a "new" murmur or other abnormal heart sound may include:

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Review Date : 5/15/2008
Reviewed By : Alan Berger, MD, Assistant Professor, Divisions of Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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