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Heart murmurs
A heart murmur is an abnormal sound in the heart. Generally, during a routine office visit, the doctor listens to the heart using a stethoscope and can detect if a murmur is present. In most cases, heart murmurs do not affect the person's health and result in some form of irregular blood flow through the heart. Some, however, are due to underlying defects in the heart or its valves and may require treatment.
Normal heart murmurs are most often detected in children ages 3 to 7 years old.
Read what Jeanine Swenson, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist with Advanced Healthcare, says about diagnosing heart murmurs.
Risk factors for abnormal heart murmurs include:
Source: National Institutes of Health
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