Added: Apr 21, 2011
Heart murmurs are heard by doctors when they listen to your heart. Murmurs can be innocent and functional, which are benign murmurs during pregnancy and in some athletes are examples. Other murmurs can be from valve problems, such as a scarred or leaky valve. The test that confirms a valve problem is an echocardiogram.
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