Mitral Valve Repair at Maryland Heart Center
InformationThe heart consists of two sides which is divided into the left side and the right side and in turn are divided into chamber. Blood flows from the lungs, through the pulmonary veins, to the left atrium of the heart. After the left atrium fills with blood, blood flows from the left atrium into the heart’s main pumping chamber called the left ventricle. Between the left atrium and the left ventricle there’s mitral valve which prevents blood from flowing backward
When the mitral valve is not performing well, there could be leakage or narrowing of the valve. If that’s the case, the patient should consider taking mitral valve surgery. If the mitral valve repair doesn’t work well, the doctor and the patient must think about mitral valve replacement.
Maryland Heart Center, specialize in the surgical treatment of valvular disease, including mitral valve repair surgery. Cardiac surgeons at the Maryland Heart Center are leaders in repairing the mitral valve. About 92 percent of patients at the Heart Center will have their valve repaired instead of replaced. That’s well above the national average, where typically 55 percent of patients have their valve repaired
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Many considerations influence the decision to repair or replace mitral valves. However, a new study found that patients who had mitral valve repair reported a better health-related quality of life (HRQOL) 18 months after surgery compared with patients who underwent mitral valve replacement.
In addition, physical and mental improvements were larger for patients who underwent repair compared with the modest improvements seen in patients receiving replacement.