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Old August 6th 05, 01:12 AM
David Rind
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Okay, here's an odd situation.

30-something pilot, been flying a few years, have had a couple of class
III medical examinations; no problems.

On a recent visit home, pilot's family remind him that as infant he had
a heart murmur. There were checkups for a few years, but no
restrictions, meds, problems, etc of any sort.


I have absolutely no clue how the FAA views this, but a heart murmur is
not in and of itself a medical condition. It is just a sound heard on
examination, and murmurs are exceedingly common both in children and in
adults. Most murmurs indicate nothing other than some turbulent blood
flow through the heart and do not reflect any sort of medical problem at
all. Occasionally murmurs are an indication of a hole somewhere in the
heart or problems with the heart valves, but I would guess if this were
the case for the OP he would know about it.

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David Rind