Mitral valve prolapse, aortic insufficiency
February 7th, 2010
Question: Please answer my question please! I'm 26 years old, from childhood wrote, heart disease, but where is the age of 16 said – there is no blemish, there is only mitral valve prolapse 1-th degree and aortic insufficiency, structural features of papillary muscles and mitral insufficiency! I hope I correctly written, copied from a card! 'll Show – is there any nibut treatment or with such a diagnosis need an operation? And whether you want to do something to take from drugs! Thanks in advance!
Answer: Hello, The most important thing is not written: what's bothering you? When last held ultrasound of the heart (ehokardigrafiyu)? What degree of aortic and mitral insufficiency? When mitral insufficiency limit physical activity and consumption of salt, with the development of symptoms resorting to medication. In aortic insufficiency the main method of treatment – surgery, the sooner the better.
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