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In an adult, if a small vsd is causing a murmur, does that mean its significant enough to be seen on echo? if you can hear it, echo will pick it up?
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Yes: If the murmur is a vsd it would show up on echo.Echo is so sensitive it would pick up a vsd or other defect even if it were not heard.There are many vibratory murmurs that are benign, with no defect involved.
Answered 8/19/2013
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Yes: Yes. The echo is usually very good at visualizing small vsd's.
Answered 8/23/2013
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Yes: An echocardiogram performed in a center with expertise in congenital heart disease will easily show a ventricular septal defect.
Answered 9/14/2013
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