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28 kwi 2023 · What can affect life expectancy if you have valve regurgitation? The outlook for someone with a leaking heart valve depends on which valve is affected and the severity of the...
30 wrz 2022 · Life expectancy for a person with a leaking heart valve can depend on which valve leaks, the leak’s severity, and available treatments. For example, mitral valve regurgitation life expectancy...
16 lis 2021 · People with mild mitral valve regurgitation often live long, full lives and never require treatment. But once the condition becomes severe and begins to affect your heart’s ability to pump blood, you may need surgery to prevent serious complications such as congestive heart failure or even death.
29 lis 2016 · We found that closely matched patients undergoing mitral valve (MV) repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation with a flail leaflet have a lower operative mortality, a better long-term survival, and a similar risk of reoperation compared with patients undergoing MV replacement.
Mitral valve repair (MVr) for severe, degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) is the gold standard, as medical management carries poor prognosis. However, despite clear benefit of MVr, many eligible patients are untreated.
Mitral valve (MV) regurgitation is the most common valvular heart disease in the United States and the second most common in Europe, with a prevalence of about 1.7%, which increases up to 9.3% in those ≥75 years of age.1,2 In the United States, mitral regurgitation (MR) incidence was >2 million adults in 2000 and is expected to double by 2030.3
Severe mitral valve regurgitation often requires a catheter procedure or heart surgery to repair or replace the mitral valve. Without proper treatment, severe mitral valve regurgitation can cause heart rhythm problems or heart failure.
