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. Is it possible my husband grew out of his heart murmur? He may have had a small opening in his heart which may have closed on its own, so the sound which it was making (murmur) disappeared. Or, he may have had an innocent murmur, which became not audible, as his chest grew bigger. How do doctors figure it out? Your family doctor or pediatrician performs a detailed examination, and by listening to the heart murmur tries to determine whether it is innocent or not. If he thinks the heart murmur is serious, he may consult with a pediatric cardiologist. The emergency room doctor found that my son has a heart murmur, although his pediatrician for five years never told us that he heard a murmur. What is going on? If your child was having fever at the time of the ER visit, this may explain the murmur, which usually disappears after the fe
