Cardiology

Study suggests surgery sooner than later for severe leaky heart valves

Published in Physician Law Weekly, March 23rd, 2005

People with severely leaky heart valves that cause no symptoms, a situation thought to be relatively harmless, actually are in danger of dying and should consider surgery to get the problem fixed right away, a new study suggests.

Such people are five times more likely to die of a heart problem or develop heart failure or an irregular heartbeat than those with mild leakage, researchers at the Mayo Clinic reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Their study involved the mitral valve, which connects the upper left chamber with the heart's main pumping chamber. If the valve's two flaps don't close tightly, blood can leak back into the...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2005-03-23)

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