What is heart valve disease

Heart valves can malfunction in several ways, including the following: ･ regurgitation the valve does not close completely, causing the blood to flow backward instead of forward … ･ stenosis the valve opening is narrowed or does not form …

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There are four valves within your heart. They are the mitral, tricuspid, aortic and pulmonic valves. The valves make sure blood flows in only one direction through the heart. The valves consist of small flaps of tissue, called leaflets, tha…

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･ According to the Texas Heart Institute, your heart pumps approximately 100 gallons of blood throughout… ･ There are three types of heart valve problems. They are regurgitation (backflow) caused by the valve… ･ Heart valve disease can …

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bicuspid heart valve disease?

Q: I am a 22 year old female avg height and weight. Last summer I was diagnosed with bicuspid heart valve disease. For about year (for the exception of once) I have been fine. However, this summer and more so within the last month or so, I have been getting sudden heart palpitations, extreme feelings of dizziness, weakness, shakiness, fatigue, and an extreme in-ability to concentrate or coordinate myself. I dont know if these things are caused by anxiety (something I have had before), or the heart disease. Since I just graduated college my health insurance has run out. I am scared that soemthing will happen while I am waiting to be approved for my own health insurance. What is this that happening to me?

A: the blood is “back flowing” in your heart.I believe you are dizzy and fatigued due to lack of oxygen.PLEASE, insurance or no…..get to a free clinic or non profit hospital. this isn’t something to mess with. don’t want to scare you, but this isn’t something to put off.there may be some medication they can help you with, to get you to the insurance “kick in”. been there, done that.take care.

what is heart valve disease?

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A: heart valves are like tiny doors in u’re heart that hold blood from going the wrong direction…we have 4 valves..2 seperates the atria (right & left, the mitral & tricuspid respectivly) from the ventricles..1 seperates the aorta from the left ventricle (the aortic valve) 1 seperates the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle(pulmonary valve)valvular heart disease can be either stenosed (narrowed) or regurged….if stenosed, they produce a pressure overload on the corresponding heart chamber & hypertrophy (enlargement),if the aortic or pulmory are involved… if the mitral, decreases blood ejected from the heart… if regureged it produces volume overload, if the left side> left heart failure> pulmonary venous congestion>shortness of breath and inability to lye flatif right side> systemic venous congestion and lower limb swelling…valvular disease might be caused by rheumatic heart disease…..as complication of heart failure…congenital (since birth)…..

What kind of a heart disease is the mitral valve prolapse anterior leflet pulmunary regurgitation?

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A: Mitral valve prolapse is seen in 3% of healthy normal adults. Most often it is asymptomatic and inconsequential. Sometimes it must be dealt with. While it can be associated with some of the conditions the poster above mentioned, it is unlikely that you have any of these and he could be scaring you just by mentioning them. Pulmonary regurgitation is often found incidentally on an echocardiogram. Thus, what I’m trying to say is that you may not have any “heart disease” at all. You need to discuss these issues with your doctor.