heart operation mitral valve

Last year my echo show that now mitral valve is thick and fibrosed valve leaflet and I have moderate mitral stensis 1.58 cm2 with calcified tip. Along with this Aortic calve is also trileaflet, thickend and fbrosed with (moderate leakage) having Lt, Atrium dimension 35 mm and LA-Aorta (1.6).Left atrium dilated and left artrial overloaded. wall motion is normal and ejection fraction is 60 percent,.

My 8 years daughters mitral valve has not growth in proper since birth. Is required to got her mitral valve surgery.

Since the secondary left ventricular obstruction is caused by the extrusion of the improper size of aortic valve, would it help to do another mitral valve replacement with the smaller size? A doctor told me that there is 16mm mitral valve available in US. And if Konno operation is the only option for this baby, do you know which clinic is good at this operation? Thanks again!

What can aggrivate a systolic click resulting in having to replace the Mitral Valve.

I have a double heart murmur. One valve opens up too fast and one opens too slow. i am very very concerned about cardiomyopathy when i heard it was caused my murmurs. will i die from that? i am only 15. my parents have murmurs as well and to their knowledge, cardiomyopathy does not run in the family. HELP PLEASE!

Your mother can have a normal life span with heart valve leaking. It depends on whether there is progression of regurgitation, valve integrity, underlying cause, etc. An operation would be appropriate if your mother has severe shortness of breath with very little activity (i.e.walking up a stairway), etc. I have known about my mitral valve regurgitation (moderate to severe) for the past 5 years and there doesnt appear to be any progression.

37) with mild hypokinesia of the arterior interventricular septum and anterior left ventricular free wall from base to apex Normal right ventricular dimension with adequate wall motion and contractility Normal left atrial dimension with normal left atrial volume index (19 ml/m2) Normal right atrial dimension Structurally normal mitral valve, aortic valve, tricuspid valve and pulmonic valve with good opening and closing motion Normal main pulmonary artery and aortic root dimension CONCLUSION: Nor

it was believed my prior heart attack and enlarged heart caused the MVR, and there was a possibility the valve could return to normal with treatment...it hasn't. Based on what you state, the report indicates a grossly enlarged LV, and that may contraindicate a surgery at the present time in order to treat and reduce the heart's size. If that is not possible, then to wait any longer is not in the best interest of a successful outcome.

The mitral valve closes when the left ventricle pumps blood into circulation and regurgitation indicates the leaflets over the valve opening does not close tightly enough to prevent any backflow (regurgitation). The tricuspid valve is the opening for passage of blood on the right side of the heart, and medically insignificant as well. There are heart coditions that require prophylaxis to prevent bacterial endocarditis.

The general rule of thumb is to surgically repair, or replace, the faulty valve when the patient is symptomatic or shows signs of declining cardiac funtion. That said, it's just a general guideline and each patient should be evaluated by their own physicians. Have you seen your cardiologist recently? What is his/her recommendation? Any chance you could go to Cleveland Clinic or Mayo?

I had a new echo done 2 weeks ago and the mitral regurgitation is now moderate, my ef is 40%, They mention in the echo that me left atrium is enlarged and the is inferoseptal wall dyskinetic and anterior wall is hypokinetic but the mitral valve is normal in size and thickness. I have shortness of breath daily and mild chest pain as well as being just plain exhausted which I assume is due to the meds. The doc increased my lipitor to 80mg.

Hi. I had mitral valve repair surgery in September 2011 that didn't take and had replacement surgery a month ago (March 7th). Two weeks after surgery, I developed atrial flutter, which I had never had before either surgery. I had normal sinus rhythm upon release, but a slightly elevated heart rate due to post-operative anemia. Now my heart rate varies from 65 to 120 and is often irregular.

t know your medical history, and the underlying cause for your low EF, but because you are treated with an ACE inhibitor and beta blocker, I assume you have CAD, and that has caused your heart to have the abnormal pumping ability from an enlarged heart. With you low EF, an operation to repair or replace your mitral valve will have little effect to improve your EF.

FS 29%; RV 1.6cm;LA 5.3 cm; Ao root 3.3 cm- MITRAL VALVE disease with moderate to severe mitral incompetence (RA of 9.9 cm2) and MVA of 1.7 cm2. I also suffer from AF and have 5 stents implanted. Iam on Marevan,Concor, Digoxin,Asprin. What is youe evaluation and is it safe in my case to have a surgery.

Doctors are developing less invasive techniques to treat valve disorders, such as repairing or replacing mitral valves using heart catheterization techniques. This type of less invasive mitral valve surgery is being studied in clinical trials". Hope this is of some help!

An echocardiogram estimates the amount of blood pumped into circulation with each heartbeat. The estimate is referred to as the EF (ejection fraction) and normal would be an EF of 55 to 75%. A decrease in EF can result from heart muscle damage and/or mitral valve regurgitation as some blood is lost to the backflow of blood (regurgitation) and less blood gets into circulation with each stroke.

My information from the Mayo Clinic comments are if there is left ventricle dysfunction prior to valve operation, the heart may never return to normal pumping ability. I have moderate to severe mitral valve regurgitation so I am somewhat concerned when I should have intervention....heart is pumping normally now and no symptoms....

hi my mam had aortic valve replacement and mitral valve repair last wednesday operation went very well and she is recovering well. she will be in hospital for another week and then going to a convalescene home for two weeks, she was originally told she needed both valves replaced but they said it was too risky to replcace mitral valve because there was too much calcium around which could have damaged heart.they said repair was good and should last.

First is the heart remodelling after compensating to a deficient mitral valve. Second is maybe a new problem, with the heart enlarging. I assume that your latest echo showed no swelling of the left ventricle or atrium? How far apart were your last 2 scans? the one where the mitral was normal and the one where it now shows as mild.

There was fibrous fusion of both the commissures and moderate involvement of the sub valvular apparatus. Post repair, mitral valve was tested by releasing the aortic cross clamp and tripping the aortic valve. The valve was found to be competent except for a trivial central leak.

So they did the second surgery which consisted of replacing the mitral valve with a pig valve and putting a ring around the tricuspid valve. She now has not regained her kidney function as of yet. The ventilator was taken out yesterday, for the second time. We hope that no more problems will arise but wish we could just get our mom back. My question is, Should the doctor that was placing the stent have just decided to do a bypass instead of trying to force the stent through?

sounds like you are in need of a re-do operation with mitral and aortic valve replacement. You are 63 years young, with history of MV repair and atrial fibrillation. I think that the risk of re-do MVR and first time AVR plus or minus a coronary bypass remains reasonable -- but really depends on your other medical issues, heart muscle function and physical fitness.

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