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Can you hear a heartbeat in stomach with a steathscope when you're not pregnant?

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Dr. John Garner answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Sure: The abdomen is filled with all sorts of "resonant" organs, and the heart isn't all that far away. As long as the sounds are the crisp "lub dub" of a normal heart, and there are no large pulsatile masses i wouldn't be too worried.

Answered 9/28/2019

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