Re: Heart murmur

Thanks for answering.
I appreciate it -- and your humor. LOL.
Dee

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> 1/6 is so quiet as to be unlikely to be pathological..
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> me thinks the examiner got a new stethoscope!!!
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> good luckkkkkkk
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> "Dee Randall" <deedovey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Each year I have a diagnostic physical. This year the comment regarding
>> my heart:
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>> "Shows a 1/6 systolic ejection murmur at the apex. This was not noted on
>> her last examination. The patient might be considered for an
>> echocardiogram, not only to evaluate the source of the murmur, but also
>> to confirm no wall motion abnormalities from her hypertension or
>> hyperlipidemia."
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>> I had no other comment from my regular physican when I showed him my
>> yearly physical and asked him about this statement, other than, "It's not
>> impressive."
>> I can't seem to get this out of my mind and am wondering if I should have
>> some other physician address this.
>> Thank you,
>> Dee
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