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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: lucyejo on 22/10/2009 19:48:55

Title: If my brother has a heart murmur does that mean i will?
Post by: lucyejo on 22/10/2009 19:48:55

my big bro is 25 and has just been told he has a heart murmur, and after a heavy night out was rushed to hospital with a near heart attack, apparently the ambulance was called just in time, he was kept in for 30hours. shouldn't i have tests? isn't it likely will too? I'm 22

Title: If my brother has a heart murmur does that mean i will?
Post by: RD on 22/10/2009 22:20:16

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Are heart murmurs hereditary?

This depends on what caused the heart murmur.
If it is an opening in the heart, a narrowing of a valve or a narrowing of a great artery it may be hereditary.

http://www.childrensheartinstitute.org/educate/murmur/question.htm