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Hi! I have never seen this mentionned as a mitral valve insufficiency symptom. Anyway, if it really comes from the defective mitral valve, it will resolve after surgery! You say that you will have your mitral valve replaced in about a month. Is it already decided to make a replacement? I ask...

Congratulations! I have done some rock climbing, so i know how difficult it is. Very overhanging. Impossible for any non trained people even with perfect health. For someone coming off OHS, simply awesome!!

Hi! I am another one on the same boat! (moderate/severe mitral regurgitation, consequence of a bileaflet prolapse, mostly posterior. Followed on a 6 months schedule. Symptomless.). I also have some LA enlargement. But, according to what i have read and i was told by my cardiologist, if your...

Pellicle, Nupur problem is with his mitral valve. A good repair is allways better than a replacement for mitral valves. My assumption is that you were thinking about aortic valve...

Good luck! You will be ok!!

Linda, i see your point. My assumption was that you were talking about heart valves in general, not specifically about the right ones in the context of ACHD.

Linda, even if it was not your intention, your post is indeed alarmist. I dont know what your cardiologist said, but a leaking valve is not a time bomb. I have seen many cardiologists, and none of them told me that. Can it cause problems? sure. That is why it must be closely monitored, and...

Excellent news Steve! When i first read the thread's title, i thought about bad news :eek2:

Hi! Do you have your echo results at hand? First of all, to start considering surgery, your regurgitation must be SEVERE. The other key factors are symptons, left ventricle ejection fraction and left ventricle end of systolic diameter. Calm down. Anxiety will only led you to feel symptoms that...

Paleo, BP during excercise is routinely measured in stress tests. I am surprised that you did never undergo one! You are right that after recovery from intense excercise, BP may be a little lower than normal. As a matter of fact, eventough systolic blood pressure raises a lot during excercise...

118 pvc a day is fairly normal. Nothing to worry about. Zero clinical significance. I beleive tachycardia is defined as a heart rate above 100. So, if your RHR is currently 85, it seems logical that it will rise above 100 easily, so your sinus tachycardia episodes are expected, depending on what...

Good news! For MITRAL valve, a good repair is allways preferable over a replacement.

Good list Chaconne! But i need places for Schumann and Schubert in my top 10. So, i will probably remove Vivaldi and Handel. Dvorak is another composer that may be in my top 10, but i recognize that most would disagree. I deduce, from your list, that opera is not your favorite genre. Same here.

Hi! As a classical music lover, i was looking at Gustav Mahler biography (not among my preferred composers, by the way). I found the following interesting article describing his heart problems and death (consequence of mitral valve problems and IE). No antibiotics, no echos, no cath, no heart...

I agree. You should NEVER self diagnose using internet. Only a doctor can give you an accurate diagnosis, no doubt about this. But many of us, in addition to doctor consultation, also look for MORE information on the web. And this is where it is easily to become obsessed (and scared). For...

Night sweats? Imo, and talking from my personal experience, googling about health issues is usually not a good idea. Almost anything seems serious when you surf the net. Dr. google never calms you down, specially if you have, as me, some degree of hypochondria...

Hi! As others have said, a good mitral repair is better than a replacement. There is a lot of evidence to support this. But the repair must be completely satisfactory, according to the surgeon experience, to be the best option. For instance, a repair that only improves your leakage from severe...

BAV with TAA what to expect from surgery consult Hi and welcomed! My guess is that, given your current numbers, surgery will not be indicated for the moment and you will now be monitored twice a year. Stay calm, and wait the surgeon opinion. You will be fine!

Hello. First Posting PVR Candidate! Bonny, if you are closely monitored, your cardiologist will not delay the surgery beyond the point where your heart will not properly recover after it. Trust him. Timing is his expertise. Having surgey too late is bad, but it is also bad to have it before...

Hi! Why are you thinking about an ablation? I am not a doctor, but it is my understanding that if you are in sinus rhythm, as i suppose you are, then ablation does not make sense. As far as i know, ablation is performed for other kind of complicate arrhytmias, like atrial fibrillation, and only...