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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. Pilot vaguely remembers some of this on being reminded, but also knows he's never mentioned it to an AME. (As far as he knows, there's no murmur today; at least no doctor or AME has mentioned it during an exam in the last 20 years.) Pilot has a one year old medical good for two more years. 1. does the pilot divulge to FAA said childhood murmur? 2. if so, to whom? AME? Oklahoma City? 3. does he wait until next exam (couple of years) or do so now? 4. If going to divulge, should he go get fancy/expensive tests *first* or let FAA or AME ask for said tests? Some seriously Googling about murmurs shows the protocol for murmurs to be that they are FAA disqualifying until shown to be benign, and the FAA has a list of stuff they want a cardiologist to provide to make the decision. It's not clear if the AME or OKC needs to do that. The list of stuff is long: stress test, ekg, family history, etc. this unnamed flyer is a little freaked out right now. he doesn't want to break the law, but doesn't want to give up his one true love, flying! thanks, unnamedflyer |
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