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What is Heart Valve Disease?

Heart valve disease happens when one or more of your heart valves don't work well. Your heart has four valves: the tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, and aortic valves. The valves have flaps that open and close. The flaps make sure that blood flows in the right direction through your heart and to the rest of your body.

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  • Chest pain.
  • Fatigue.
  • Dizziness.
  • Shortness of breath.
  • Leg swelling.
  • Palpitations caused by irregular heartbeats.
  • Low or high blood pressure, depending on which valve disease is present.
  • Abdominal pain due to an enlarged liver (if there is tricuspid valve malfunction)

Your doctor may also suggest surgery or another procedure to repair or replace a faulty heart valve. If not diagnosed and treated promptly, heart valve problems can lead to arrhythmia, infection, high blood pressure in the lungs, heart failure, or cardiac arrest.

  • Changes in the heart valve structure due to aging.
  • Coronary artery disease and heart attack.
  • Heart valve infection.
  • Birth defect.
  • Syphilis (a sexually-transmitted infection)
  • Myxomatous degeneration (an inherited connective tissue disorder that weakens the heart valve tissue)

A family history of early coronary heart disease can also raise your risk of developing a heart valve disease. Lifestyle habits: Risk factors for other types of heart disease may put you at risk for heart valve diseases, too. These include a lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns, smoking, and obesity.

These include eating a heart-healthy diet, being physically active, aiming for a healthy weight, quitting smoking, and managing stress. Practice good skin and dental hygiene. This can help protect you from infections that cause endocarditis, a type of heart inflammation that can damage the heart valves.

How is it diagnosed?

How is it diagnosed?

Medicines are not a cure for heart valve disease, but treatment can often relieve symptoms. These medicines may include: Beta-blockers, digoxin, and calcium channel blockers to reduce symptoms of heart valve disease by controlling the heart rate and helping to prevent abnormal heart rhythms.

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How is it treated?

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To replace a heart valve, a surgeon removes the heart valve and replaces it with a mechanical valve or a valve made from cow, pig or human heart tissue. Valves made from living tissue are called biological tissue valves. Biological valves often need to be replaced eventually, as they tend to wear out over time

 

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