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Could a heart murmur as a child/infant be linked to heart defects/disease as an adult?
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Maybe/maybe not: Infant murmurs are either defects that become obvious or represent transient innocent flow patterns. A true defect would be hard to hide before adulthood, but possible. Adult heart disease is more about age/plaque formation, rhythm disturbances. Some isolated childhood problems linger into adulthood but these are defect specific.
Answered 3/17/2015
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