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Kevin Thomas, MD: Your father’s history certainly puts you at risk. Preventative maintenance will be key for you. You should be screened annually for cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension. You want to reduce the number of risk factors that you have for developing heart disease. And since you can’t change what happened to your Dad you must focus on the things you can change. Diet and exercise are important. Heart murmurs are typically fairly common in young patients and shouldn’t be a big concern, That withstanding if your physician is concerned about the character of your murmur a cardiac ultrasound (echocardiogram should be obtained.
Date: 11 Aug 2008
Given in this interview: The Disparity of Care in SCA
