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I went to the doctor and they heard a heart murmer, can you tell me about this?

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Murmur: A heart murmur. A murmur is just noise. Sometimes serious problems cause a murmur many times a murmur is caused by normal flow. Patients often misctranslate what the dr. Tells them.

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Answered 1/3/2014

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