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Is Laboratory Testing Necessary To Make The Diagnosis Of Flow Murmur?
My 13 month old has what her pediatrician calls a flow murmur . She says it is an innocent murmur and that she will most likely grow out of it and not to worry, but she is sending us to a pediatric cardiologist for an ultrasound. From what I read, innocent murmurs need no treatment, then why is she sending us for more testing?
Thu, 9 Oct 2014
Flow murmurs are sounds caused as the blood flows through the heart. They are called innocent murmurs as they are harmless and go away with time or even change in posture. Your doctor is sending her to a cardiologist to get an echocardiogram done to be sure that there is no actual abnormality that one needs to be concerned about. You may relax. There is nothing to worry unless something else comes up in the echocardiography.
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