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If a small vsd was causing a murmur in an adult, would an echo likely pick it up? as in, if you can hear it, it would see it?
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Yes: A vsd which causes a murmur should have a high enough velocity/blood flow alteration to be picked up on in most people by an echocardiogram.
Answered 10/6/2013
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Yes.: If the murmur is from a vsd, an echocardiogram should pick it up.
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