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Heart Disease (Expert Forum)
Heart Enlargement due to MVP / Surgery in a month
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Cleveland - OH
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Heart Enlargement due to MVP / Surgery in a month
by thai-bogirl, Dec 24, 2005 12:00AM
My Husband is 34 and was diagnosed with MVP, severe regurd and an enlarged left side of his heart 6 months ago. He had palps and was tired all the time. He is having sugery in a months time, and is now suffering from a swollen feeling in his left side, although this is not painful, only uncomfortable.
My question is, will the heart reduce in size once surgery is complete? and does this feeling in the side of the chest go?
Kind Regards
Amanda
My question is, will the heart reduce in size once surgery is complete? and does this feeling in the side of the chest go?
Kind Regards
Amanda
Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Dec 24, 2005 12:00AM
, Dec 24, 2005 12:00AM
tbg,
thanks for the post.
Mitral regurgitation can be caused by a number of different mechanisms. Somtimes it is the primary process and leads to the enlargment of the heart due to the overload on the heart muscle from pumping blood inefficiently. Over time, the heart muscle fatigues and becomes damaged. We try to repair the valve before this process begins. Sometimes regurgitation can be due to a primary process with the heart muscle itself and when the hear enlarges the valves leak.
Either way, with the heart already being enlarged, it is difficult to say exactly how he will do after the procedure. Somtimes, if the valves were the primary cause of the porblem, the heart can revert over time. It will be very important for him to be followed after the procedure by a heart failure specialist, as there are many medications that can potentially help him in the long run such as beta blockers and ACE inhibitors.
Im not sure as to the cause of his symtoms. Hopefully they will also abate.
Best of luck
thanks for the post.
Mitral regurgitation can be caused by a number of different mechanisms. Somtimes it is the primary process and leads to the enlargment of the heart due to the overload on the heart muscle from pumping blood inefficiently. Over time, the heart muscle fatigues and becomes damaged. We try to repair the valve before this process begins. Sometimes regurgitation can be due to a primary process with the heart muscle itself and when the hear enlarges the valves leak.
Either way, with the heart already being enlarged, it is difficult to say exactly how he will do after the procedure. Somtimes, if the valves were the primary cause of the porblem, the heart can revert over time. It will be very important for him to be followed after the procedure by a heart failure specialist, as there are many medications that can potentially help him in the long run such as beta blockers and ACE inhibitors.
Im not sure as to the cause of his symtoms. Hopefully they will also abate.
Best of luck
Good Luck
Marilyn
Good Luck
Marilyn