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HI! I hope you the best for your upcoming surgery. Delay will not be an issue. Best wishes.

Prometinow, 50 to 70% is a normal EF for a normal heart (without any structural disease). But, in the context of severe mitral insufficiency, where a portion of the blood goes back to the atrium instead of out by the aorta, a cut off value 60% is what the consensus generally consider for...

Gloria: If the mitral insufficiency is severe and the EF is below 60%, it Is very probable that your cardiologist will recommend a mitral valve repair. In good hands, this surgery has an excellent outcome. A repair is always preferable to a replacement (for mitral valve) and can be achieved in...

Hi! You mentioned that you have a mitral valve prolapse. But is your mitral valve actually leaking? Is so, what is the degree of regurgitation? It is usually classified as mild/moderate/severe. regards.

Hi! I did not have surgery myself yet, so I cannot comment on my personal experience. But I really enjoy running and I have followed these kind of discussions over the years with great interest. I read messages from many runners complaining that post- surgery they were unable to achieve the...

I wish you the best. You will be fine.

I am a pretty decent chess player. I also like running, and I play piano (classical, early intermediate level).

Hi Pellicle. What was the reason of that tachycardia? How did it resolve?

Any medical study: X-ray, MRI, CT, Echos, Blood work, whatever. They give you a printed copy (or more often, nowadays, send it by mail) and it is you who brings it to the doctor that ordered it. And, during the visit, your doctor look at it, takes his notes, and gives it back to you. This is...

In my country, your are allways given your own medical studies and you bring them to your doctor. I prefer this way. The only downside is that lot of people (myself certainly included) google about their results and get, most of the times, unnecessarily scared...

Hi Pete! Regarding mitral valve regurgitation, surgery to repair the valve (or replace it, if repair is not possible) will not be taken into consideration unless it is moderate/severe. As a matter of fact, slight/trivial mitral valve regurgitation is a common echocardiogram finding in healthy...

Hi! Just a short question: is it rude to ask a cardiac surgeon how many surgeries (of the exact type of your upcoming surgery) he has performed during the last year? Greetings

Hi! Keep in mind that Dr. Internet ALLWAYS announces the worst scenario. Everything looks extremely serious when you google it (or it is that we tend to remember just the worst alternatives). Wait to talk to your cardiologist. Good luck. You will be fine.

Good luck with your upcoming surgery! You will be fine!

Pellicle, my third post was not directed to you at all. It was just some kind of disclaimer to remind members that my opinions are just from my own experience as a patient and that I am not a doctor. Yes, i know it is probably unnecessary to state it, because it is a forum for patients, but anyway…

Needless to say that I am just a patient and not an expert at all on any medical subject. I just share my opinions from what I have been told by my own cardiologists (I see regularly 2 of them, both very well considered) and from what I have read myself on the web (I am the kind of patient that...

Pellicle, keep in mind that Mitral and Aortic valves are completely different beasts. The most usual problem regarding mitral valve is mitral insufficiency as a consequence of degenerative mitral valve disease. In this specific case, no cardiac surgeon will perform a mitral valve replacement if...

For mitral valve, a good repair is allways better than a replacement. Having an estimated repair likelihood of 95% are very good news. You will be fine.

I did not have surgery yet. Mitra clip is not an option in my case because a good conventional repair can be achievable. Mitraclip, as i have been told by my cardiologist, is usually considered for those who are too risky for undergoing a traditional surgery. And it usually does not completely...

Hi: i am in a situation pretty similar to yours (52 yo, severe mitral valve regurgitation caused by a bileaflet prolapse, assymptomatic). I am being followed by echo every 6 month. Timing is everything. You don’t want surgery too late, because your heart muscle damage may have reached a point...