Many aren’t aware of decades-old cardiac abnormalities.

Apart from elevated blood pressure, an 80-year-old woman had enjoyed good health all her life. She had never smoked, and loved to dance. But lately, she told her doctor, she suffered some shortness of breath when she exercised. Extensive testing turned up nothing wrong with her lungs. After yet another test, a Cleveland Clinic physician finally discovered her real problem.

For more than 70 years, she had lived with an undetected cardiac defect. She’s one of a growing group afflicted late in life by heart problems dating back to the day they were born. …

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