mitral valve stenosis

It is unknown how many people have mitral valve stenosis.

People who have mitral valve stenosis may develop other serious heart complications.

Mitral valve stenosis may not be diagnosed until you've had the disease for some time.

Deciding whether you need surgery and if so, when, are the major treatment decisions for mitral valve stenosis.

Three different procedures are used to treat mitral valve stenosis:

For mitral valve stenosis, an echocardiogram is done when you are first diagnosed.

Nearly all cases of mitral valve stenosis are caused by rheumatic fever.

But many people who have mitral valve stenosis don't realize they had rheumatic fever.

Surgical repair for mitral valve stenosis was not reattempted until 1945.

But they may be needed to prevent potentially debilitating complications associated with mitral valve stenosis.

Mitral valve stenosis is one of the most common congenital heart defects in cats.

If symptoms of mitral valve stenosis persist or recur after you have been treated, see your doctor.

See a picture of mitral valve stenosis .

Fortunately, mitral valve stenosis typically progresses very slowly (though it tends to accelerate as you age).

Repair or replacement of any kind is recommended if you do not have symptoms but your mitral valve stenosis is severe.

Have mitral valve stenosis or significant left ventricular dysfunction, which interferes with the heart's ability to pump well.

You may have as many as 10 years from the time you develop symptoms until your mitral valve stenosis becomes severe.

A balloon valvotomy is the preferred treatment for mitral valve stenosis, because it does not require open-heart surgery.

Surgery for mitral valve stenosis Balloon valvotomy or valvuloplasty (repair option)

Mitral valve stenosis.

It is useful for improving valve function and thereby reducing the symptoms associated with mitral valve stenosis.

He had severe mitral valve stenosis - his valve was so blocked that the opening was a quarter of its normal size.

If your mitral valve stenosis has been progressing slowly or if your symptoms are mild, then surgery may not be immediately needed.

Mitral Valve Stenosis.

Recurring symptoms can also be caused by other valve, heart, or lung problems, especially when they develop long after the original treatment for mitral valve stenosis.