My mum was amitted to hospital last week with heart problems. Turned out to be angina.

She was also diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse with Atrial Fibrillation 5 years ago, after having symptoms for as long as she can remember, but not serious enough for her to worry til then.

When she had chest x-rays last week in the report it noted an obvious chest deformity. Pectus Excavatum. The chest caves in a little. We haven't seen a cardiologist for the official diagnosis yet, but we assume as she's gotten older the condition may've worsened, putting more pessure on her heart & lungs (she's also breathless alot).

I've had some of these symptoms too, but I can't tell whats a normal chest & whats not IYGWIM. I'm not too worried about myself yet.

But I wonder about the kids. DD2 was born with a murmer in the mitral area. She had an ECG & ultrasound at 2.5 that showed it was innocent. But I still wonder. I've felt all the kids chests & DD2 & DD3 have a more noticeable dip in theirs than DD1 & DS.

So, obviously I'm not going to worry until mum's been to the cardiologist & we know more about whats going on with her. But I'm wondering if I should worry or not? I don't want them suddenly having a heart attack one day because they didn't know they had a condition like this & ignored the signs. Most of mums family died from heart failure/attack.

Does anyone have any experience??