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Mitral valve replacement
The mitral valve is a valve between the left atrium and left ventricle. When the heart squeezes to pump blood to the body, this valve prevents blood from backing up into the lungs. When this valve is malfunctioning, surgeons can either repair or replace the valve. The valve can be replaced with either a mechanical or a tissue valve. This is called mitral valve replacement or repair.
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A 43-year old male asked:
Mitral valve replacement how safe it is?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: mitral valve replacement?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is bicuspid aortiic valve replacement like mitral valve replacement?
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A 40-year old asked:
How do docs do mitral valve replacement surgery?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is there any difference between a bicuspid aorticvalve replacement and mitral valve replacement surgery?
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A 45-year old asked:
A 75 yo lady who had mitral valve replacement 13 years ago has developed recurrent breathlessness. Can she be helped?
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A 53-year old male asked:
Can I take tongkat ali together with warfarin ? I had undergone mitral valve replacement surgery.
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A 32-year old male asked:
Ekg graph is different to normal people. Graph is consistent from last 5 years. Had a mechanical mitral valve replacement 6 yrs ago. Echo shows normal?
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A 47-year old asked:
What can be done about deep bone pain after mitral valve replacement surgery?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Ekg abnormalities after mitral valve replacement.. Is it common..? Echo is looking good, but EKG is abnormal... Any idea?
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A 58-year old male asked:
I am a 58 years old male. I had a bypass surgery and a mitral valve replacement in feb'12. Since a few days, I am noticing a very slight breathlessness. Why?
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A 26-year old asked:
Can I get a tattoo after a mechanical mitral valve replacement and now on Coumadin (warfarin) (blood thinners)?
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A 48-year old female asked:
About two years ago I had open heart surgery and they did a mitral valve replacement and they also installed a pacemaker and I was wondering if . I wanted to know if I a allowed to donate my some plasma?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Looking for a Cardiologist or heart doctor to answer. two years ago I had open heart surgery and they did a mitral valve replacement and they also installed a pacemaker and I was wondering if . I wanted to know if I a allowed to donate my some plasma?
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A female asked:
Is it possible for a aortic valve fragment to enter the bloodstream and settle in a hand? My father suffered from a staph infection (mssa) which became so out of control that he needed an emergency aortic and mitral valve replacement as well as a maze pro
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A 22-year old male asked about a 41-year old female:
A mitral valve replacement surgery patient having full cold,full itching sense in eyes,severe headache in this particular season,age 42F,remedy pls.
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A 54-year old female asked:
Im a cardiac patient had a mitral valve replacement and on Warfarin. My throat is sore for the 3rd week now and the antibiotics i was using from the Doc is not working. What now?
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A 70-year old female asked:
I'm on warfarin for a mitral & aortic valve replacement. Had knee surgery for a broken knee cap. Wires were inserted. They need to be removed now. Do I have to go off warfarin & use lovanox injections before having wires removed arthroscopically?
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A 57-year old female asked:
Having a mitral valve repair or replacement in 6 weeks. 5 yrs ago I was diagnosed with SVT bcs my heart bpm was in 145-190 range. My heart rate lately has been down to 32bpm and today was at 182. Can ablation be done at the same time as surgery?
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A 46-year old male asked:
Approximately, what is the surgeon's charge for mitral valve repair and/or replacement?
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A 66-year old female asked:
What are the statistics on mitral valve repair versus replacements?
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A 24-year old male asked about a 21-year old female:
If mitral valve being repaired with ring. What are the chanses that it dosen, t need another replacement for a lifetime. Repair take olace in 2009.
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A 47-year old asked:
Which percentage of mitral valve regurgitation patients require valve repair or replacement surgery?
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A 32-year old male asked:
My wife had heart surg 6 years ago at age 21 for replacement of mitral valve(mechanical). She maintains proper inr. Any clinical significance needed?
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A 36-year old asked:
I am diagnosed with a mitral valve stenosis, will I need a valve replacement heart surgery.?
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A 64-year old male asked:
I had a quad bypass & mitral valve repair last august. My valve leaked again and had a replacement 5 weeks ago. I am still very breathless??? How long
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A 34-year old asked:
What do you advise if I was diagnosed with a mitral valve stenosis, and I need a valve replacement thru open heart surgery.?
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A 41-year old asked:
Why would you need a mitrial valve replacement or "valvuloplasty"?
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A 64-year old asked:
My daughter, 21, may one day need surgery to replace regurgitation due to uneven mitral valve flaps after rhematic fev. At 7. Would that rule out preg?
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A 36-year old female asked:
But I have open heart surgery already and i need to have a baby, they replace the mechanical valve with a mitral valve, and so i need to know if i can?
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