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Thanks for the welcome to the group. In doing my research on the treatment of MV disease with severe regurgitation, it seems much of the current opinions/ research indicates that it is prudent for asymtomatic patients to get the surgery (repair hopefully) so there is no damage to the heart...

Last Friday my doctor gave me the news that none of us wants to hear. After knowing I had a heart murmur all my life, I was told that my echocardiogram indicated I had a severe mitral valve prolapse with a regrurgitant orifice area of 0.4cm2 and a regurgitant volume of 70ml. I just turn 57, go...