Not smoking and maintaining ahealthy weightare just as important for people with leaky heart valves as for other people. Regular follow-up with a doctor, even when there are no symptoms, can ensure a leaky heart valve does not cause problems that could be avoided....
There are four valves in the human heart that helps in the orderly flow of blood in the body. Mitral regurgitation refers to a condition where in there is a backflow of blood with each contraction of the heart. Symptoms associated with this condition are breathlessness and fatigue. Particular ...
In a new study I heard about, people who had leaky mitral valves but no symptoms benefited from an operation to fix the valve. Many of the people in the study had mitral valve prolapse, as I do, but my doctor says I don't have a heart murmur. Would surgery help me? 来自 NCBI ...