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Can you feel a heart murmur?

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

They are graded 1-6: You might feel a really loud (6) murmur by putting your hand on your chest wall but you would not be able to feel a very soft murmur. You can have a murmur which is "innocent" and has no significance or you can have a murmur which is very forboding. A trained physician lnows how to interpret the significance of the sounds that he hears. A creaky floor night mean the building is about to fall or n

Answered 12/11/2019

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