Mitral Regurgitation
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Improper closing of the mitral valve, allowing blood to flow backward through the heart
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The mitral valve separates the two left chambers of the heart (the left ventricle and the left atrium) and opens and closes to move blood through the heart. Mitral regurgitation, a heart valve disease also known as mitral insufficiency, occurs when the two leaves of the valve do not seal correctly and allow blood to flow backward through the left atrium into the lungs.
Our team in the Structural Heart and Valvular Disease Program has the expertise to treat mitral regurgitation with medication and surgery, offering the latest minimally invasive techniques. Without treatment, severe mitral regurgitation can cause arrhythmia or heart failure.
What are the symptoms of mitral regurgitation?
Mitral regurgitation usually develops over a few months, and you may experience:
- Chest pain
- Coughing
- Edema or swelling
- Heart murmur
- Palpitations, a fluttering in your chest
- Shortness of breath
What can cause mitral regurgitation?
You may be born with mitral regurgitation, or it can be the result of damage to the mitral valve or left ventricle. Some of the possible causes include:
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest trauma
- Congenital heart defect or disease
- Damage from a heart attack
- Endocarditis
- Medication or radiation treatment
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Rheumatic fever
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Make appointments, review your test results and exchange secure messages with your doctor in the myMedStar portal.
Tests
Diagnosing mitral regurgitation is the first step to developing a treatment plan. Our specialists may recommend one or more diagnostic and imaging procedures.
Treatments
Our heart and vascular teams work together and with other specialties to develop and implement individualized plans to treat your unique condition. Severe mitral regurgitation may require surgical correction, such as a mitral clip, or other advanced treatments.
Mitral Valve Disease Treatments
Mitral valve disease treatments may include medication, minimally invasive procedures and surgery to treat a damaged valve.
Percutaneous Valve Treatments
Percutaneous valve procedures use catheter-based methods to replace a damaged heart valve and are less invasive than traditional open-heart surgeries.
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