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What does it mean to have lots of heart murmurs and palpitations?

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Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Definition: Heart murmur is an extra heart sound heard on examination that is related to turbulent flow through the heart. Palpitation is a sensation of unusual, rapid, irregular, or strong heart beating which may be due to an abnormal heart rhythm.

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Answered 9/14/2013

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