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Mitral Valve Stenosis And Mitral Valve Replacement | |
Mitral Stenosis |
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Mitral Stenosis[MS] is the narrowing of the mitral valve causing hindrance to the blood flow. The normal mitral valve orifice is about 4 to 6 cm2. When this area becomes less than 2 cm2 , a pressure gradient across the valve develops. As the gradient increases the time for ventricles to fill increases; resulting in increased heart rate, reduced cardiac output and pulmonary hypertension.The constant increase in the left atrial pressure causes pulmonary congestion and dilates the left atrium. Patients are prone to develop atrial fibrillation and heart failure. |
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tjavailable
Posted on: 02/19/2011 Patients undergoing mitral valve replacement are susceptible to the following risks. Bleeding, infection, complex reaction to anesthetic. The risk involved in most cases can be determined by the physician and it depends on a variety of factors such as the patient’s age, general condition, specific medical problems and heart functions.
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tjavailable
Posted on: 02/19/2011 Alternative treatment is Balloon valvuloplasty.Balloon valvuloplasty is performed using a catheter, i.e. a very thin flexible tube which can be inserted into the body, with a balloon at the end. The balloon is put inside the valve and is expanded thus stretching the valve and bringing it back to its normal size. For more info: heart-consult.com/articles.
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Rahul_5
Posted on: 10/29/2010 can you pl guide me what to do i have mitral valve balooning twice after gap of 10 years and presently,I am only 30 years old.I am on acitrom 2 mg [Anticoagulant], metolar 25 mg and Penicilin 10 lacs once in three weeks.I am having feeling of irregular heart beating and sometimes irregular palpitations.I had undergone check up in 2008 june last time everything was ok and there was no need of balloning that time.Is it possible that there may be severe damage only in these two yaers that is between 2008 to 2010.Pl suggest and what could be the situation.
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rolando(Guest)
Posted on: 05/01/2009 hallo, i am suffering from mitral valve stenosis for about 3.5jear. am like you help me without operation. |
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Posted on: 05/22/2008 i am suffering from Mitral stenosis(Moderate-severe)and Mitral regurgitation(Mild-moderate).The disease surfaced some 5/6 months back.i am intrested in the latest non surgical treatment.please guide/help me.thanks with regards,waiting for your reply. |
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