Mitral Valve Regurgitation: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment
Mitral Valve Regurgitation Mitral valve regurgitation often referred to as mitral regurgitation or mitral insufficiency or mitral dysfunction is a condition where your heart’s mitral valve fails to close properly which allows blood to flow backwards through the heart. When the regurgitation of your mitral valve has a significant amount it means that blood isn’t moving […]
Mitral Valve Stenosis: Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment
Mitral Valve Stenosis Mitral valve stenosis, often referred to mitral stenosis is an obstruction in the mitral valve in the heart. The valve is not able to fully open, thereby preventing circulation of blood towards the heart’s pump chamber (left ventricle). Mitral valve stenosis could cause you to feel tired and short of breath, in addition to […]
Aortic Valve Regurgitation: Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment
Overview Aortic valve regurgitation – or aorta regurgitation – is a condition that occurs when your cardiac aorta does not close tightly. As a result, some of the blood pumping out of the pump chamber of your heart (left ventricle) leaks backward. Leaks may prevent your heart from pumping blood properly throughout your body. As […]
Aortic Stenosis: Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment
Overview of Aortic Stenosis There are two typical clinical scenarios where the aortic stenosis condition is common. The first one is caused by an abnormally congenital unicuspid bicuspid valve, not the tricuspid. The symptoms can manifest in adolescents or young people when the stenosis is serious however, they are more likely to manifest around the age of […]
Coarctation of the Aorta: Symptoms, Treatments & Tests
Overview of Coarctation of the aorta The aorta is the longest arterial system within your body. It carries rich oxygenated blood to your entire body. Aorta narrowing (aortic coarctation) makes your heart pump more forcefully to transport oxygen-rich blood around the aorta. Aortic Coarctation is generally present at birth (congenital). Although it can be affecting […]