Cracking sound suggest musculoskeletal origin and not from heart.
Smoking is always injurious to health, hence I suggest to not to start again.
Still, I would advise to get ECG and 2D echo cardiography done to better rule out cardiac cause
Next Steps
ECG, Echocardiography
Answered2017-07-11 14:25:03
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