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Hi! I dont know why you was under the impression that stenosis and regurgitation were somewhat opposites. Stated in a simplistic way: Stenosis: the valve fails to fully open (thus restricting outward flow) Regurgitation: the valve fails to close properly (thus allowing backward flow) Just...

Glad to know you are doing ok!!

Anne: You obviously love your son and i guess you are an excellent mother. That said, i am under the impression that you are exccessively observing him. I dont know his personality, but i would not be surprised if he gets angry because of receiving excessive attention (regarding his health)...

Do you sometimes check your pulse discreetely, in presence of other persons, dissimulating the action?

Good luck! You will be fine!

Hi! MR means mitral regurgitation. Blood is supposed to flow in a unique direction inside your heart. When the mitral valve fails to close properly, some amount of blood returns to the left atrium instead of leaving the left ventricle through the aorta. The regurgitation degree is evaluated...

Hi Anne. When having some heart condition, there is a (natural) tendency to adjudicate almost any symptom to it. But, as far as i know, loss of apetite is unrelated to heart valve problems.

I want to thank Anne and Bert for their very sincere and valuable testimonies. Sometimes, i see people on this forum talking about OHS as if it were almost a "walk in the park" (an exaggeration, of course, but you get the idea). Of course, i discount they have very noble intentions, trying to...

Good luck! You will be ok!!

Hi! On tuesday i have to undergo an stress test (stationnary bike). It will not be performed in the clinic where my echos are usually done, but on a different one. Usually, for any test of this kind, they allways ask you to bring any old studies you have. I have all of them, but i was thinking...

Hi! I was told by my cardiologist that some degree of diastolic dysfunction is common as we get older. The heart muscle becomes a little stiff (with age) and somewhat affects the heart diastolic function (that is, when the ventricle relaxes to get filled). On the other hand, my suggestion is...

Hi Halya! Welcomed to the forum! Regarding grading terminology in echos, from my experience, i can tell you that: Trivial/Mild: Not worth worry. Almost any healthy person will show, for instance, some trivial regurgitation on some cardiac valve. Moderate: Merits some worry, but not too much...

Hi! I wonder how are studies results managed in your countries. It seems to me, after reading many posts here that, at least in USA, results of say an echo are usually not given to you (the patient) but instead sent to your cardiologist. Is this right? In my country, this is managed in a...

Welcomed Blair! There is something i dont understand. If your regular doctor just scheduled an echo, i assume you dont have a recent one. So based on what did he tell you that surgery may be soon? On the other hand, you must follow this with a cardiologist. GP have, of course, a general...

Do not write any letter. It is a waste of time, because you will be fine!! Good luck!!

Hi! First of all, RELAX. You are most probably feeling many new symptoms just because of the anxiety caused by your recent diagnosis. Once you calm down, you will find that most of those symptoms will probably vanish. In what respect to your diagnosis, you dont have any ticking bomb in your...

Hi! Just a quick question. Is your current cardiologist specialized in valvular problems or an "all around" one?

Hi! The other day i saw a traumatologist because of some minor knee ache. I dont remember why but i end up telling him about my heart condition (moderate to severe mitral regurgitation), and he told me that he recently underwent an aortic valve replacement (tissue valve, he is around 70). So...

Congratulations! Having myself a mitral valve surgery in my horizon, it is reassuring to know about people like you whose surgery went so well.

Hi! I am under the impression that there are much more advances related to aortic artificial valves than with mitral ones. One obvious reason is that, nowadays, defective mitral valves can be succesfully repaired in a high percentaje of cases. But there are still many cases where a mitral valve...