What Are The Symptoms Of Funnel Chest?

Heart Murmur

It is not unusual for individuals with funnel chest to be diagnosed with a heart murmur. When a doctor listens to a patient’s heart, a murmur is a sound heard in addition to the healthy 'lub-dub' of a normally beating heart. The murmur is heard between the beats, and it is the sound of turbulence in the blood flow. Most murmurs are not dangerous but can be signs of an impending problem. For the patient with funnel chest, the murmur is caused when the sunken sternum puts pressure on the pulmonary artery. If the condition is corrected with surgery, the pressure will be relieved, and the murmur will disappear.