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Can a holosystolic murmur be functional- innocent if echocardiogram is normal?
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Echo: Usually a holosystolic murmur is pathological. Echo can sometimes miss things.
Answered 8/5/2013
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No: Holosystolic murmurs are not normal. If the echocardiogram is read as normal, either you don't have a holosystolic murmur, or the echocardiogram missed the abnormality causing the murmur. If the echocardiogram is truly normal, it is morst likely that you have a systoli ejection murmur, not a holostysolic murmur. Innocent, or normal heart murmurs, are typically systolic ejection murmurs.
Answered 10/1/2013
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