Heart Murmur - Prognosis



Most children with innocent heart murmurs outgrow them by the time they reach adulthood. Severe cases of pathological heart murmurs may require surgery. If surgery is not successful, murmurs may develop into more serious heart problems that, in relatively rare cases, may lead to death.

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