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Can a doctor hear the difference in heart murmurs?

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Dr. Daniel Zanger answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Mirmurs: In a general way yes a well trained cardiologist may be able to seperate different types of murmurs but usually an echo is needed to quantify what they hear.

Answered 6/24/2014

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Murmurs: Yes a trained cardiologist and many trained in internal medicine or family medicine can differentiate different cardiac murmurs by theor timing and quality.

Answered 2/3/2013

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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Yes, if trained: Most docs can heart heart murmurs & can hear a difference between them, but training teaches them to identify the characteristic sounds of each type, e.g. Mitral stenosis, aortic stenosis, etc. Doppler stethoscopes make it even easier to distinguish them.

Answered 2/3/2013

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The doctor said i had a heart murmur but it is mild is that okay?

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