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Heart volv is shrinked
My mother is suffering from heart problem.1 volv is shrinked,15 years ago she has gone through ballooning, few months ago in January she suffered from cold and cough in that she faced to many problems,lungs were swelled up and cough was collected,dr. Told for echo nd gone through tht and now doctor said for an open heart surgery, what to do now?
she must be suffering from mitral stenosis, for which baloon valvotomy was done. usally it works for 10-15 years only.
then valve gets restenosed.
Now if the valve has only restenosis, balloon valvotomy can be again done.
But if the valve has moderate to mitral regurgitation( that is valve leakge) then open heart surgery and valve replacement is required.
Next Steps
All decision depends up on echo findings, whether there is leakage or not and how much.
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