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Heart Valve Disease

Heart valve disease happens when one or more of the four heart valves, the tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, and aortic valves, don’t function well. The valves have flaps that open and close and make sure that blood flows in the right direction through the heart to the rest of your body. Basically, when the heart beats, the flaps open to let blood through. Between heartbeats they close to prevent the backward flow of blood.

Heart valve disease can arise from two main types of problems:

Regurgitation or leaky valve occurs when the valves do not close completely, and as a result it causes blood to flow backward through the valve. Whereas, stenosis or narrowing of the valve occurs when the opening of the valve becomes narrowed, which limits the flow of blood out of the ventricles or atria. It reduces the heart’s function, and makes it pump harder.

Heart valves can develop both regurgitation and stenosis at the same time. Also, more than one heart valve can be affected at the same time. Fortunately, heart valve disease treatment helps most valve diseases.

Mild to moderate heart valve diseases are usually asymptomatic. However, some of the most common symptoms of heart valve disease includes:

  • Chest pain
  • Heart palpitations
  • Dizziness
  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of breath
  • Enlarged liver that causes abdominal pain

    • The causes of heart valve damage vary depending on the type of disease present, and may include the following:

  • Aging
  • Coronary artery disease and heart attack
  • Heart valve infection
  • Congenital defect
  • Myxomatous degeneration, an inherited connective tissue disorder that weakens the heart valve tissue

    • Heart valve disease commonly affects mitral and aortic valves. That said, some of the more common heart valve diseases include:

  • Bicuspid aortic valve
  • Mitral valve prolapse
  • Mitral valve stenosis
  • Aortic valve stenosis
  • Pulmonary stenosis

    • Some of the first signs of a heart valve disease include swelling in the ankles or if your heart sounds heard through a stethoscope are abnormal. To further define the type of valve disease and extent of the valve damage, your cardiologist may use any of the following tests:

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Echocardiogram (Echo)
  • Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
  • Chest x-ray 
  • Cardiac Catheterization  

    • Risk factors that increase your chances of getting heart valve disease includes:

  • Using tobacco products
  • Lack of physical activity
  • Diabetes or high blood pressure 
  • Having pacemaker or ICD
  • Being male

    • Untreated valve disease may eventually lead to:

  • Heart failure
  • Abnormal heart rhythms
  • Blood clots 
  • High blood pressure 
  • Stroke 

    • In some cases, your cardiologist may want to closely watch the heart valve problem for some time before recommending a treatment or a heart valve replacement surgery. However, some of the common heart valve disease treatment options include: medicine or surgery to repair or replace the valve.

    Medicines are not a cure for heart valve disease, but the treatment can often relieve symptoms. Medication, depending on the type of heart valve disease, may include:

  • Beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers to reduce symptoms of heart valve disease.
  • Medications to control blood pressure, such as diuretics or vasodilators to ease the work of the heart.

    • Surgery may be needed to repair or replace the malfunctioning valves. Although infants who have congenital valve defects may need surgery during childhood. Depending on the type of valve problem and other medical conditions, you may be able to have minimally invasive valve repair or replacement. At Felix hospital, we have a multidisciplinary team, that includes the best doctor for heart valve disease treatment in Noida, who offer the latest minimally invasive treatments. They are among the top 10 heart valve surgeons in Noida.

    Surgical options may include:

  • Heart valve repair: Heart valve repair allows the surgeon to fix the faulty valve, often without the use of artificial parts.
  • Valvuloplasty: Another heart valve disease treatment option that is less invasive than valve repair or heart valve replacement surgery is balloon valvuloplasty. Valvuloplasty is a treatment option for stenosis in mitral, aortic and pulmonary valves. During valvuloplasty, your cardiac surgeon will insert a small balloon into your heart, where it’s inflated slightly. The inflation increases the size of the opening in the valve, and then the balloon is removed. At Felix Hospital, we have the skilled and best doctor for heart valve disease treatment in Noida.
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR): It is a minimally invasive option in which the surgeon replaces the narrowed or blocked heart valve through a catheter.
  • Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR): During this minimally invasive  procedure a new valve is placed in a previously replaced mitral valve that is failing.
  • Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR): The minimally invasive procedure is used to replace a failing pulmonary valve after prior congenital surgery.
  • Heart valve replacement surgery: If your heart valve can't be repaired and other treatments aren't an option, the valve might need to be replaced. To replace a heart valve, a surgeon removes the heart valve and replaces it with a mechanical valve. A minimally invasive catheter procedure might be used to replace certain heart valves. To schedule an appointment with our best doctor for heart valve disease treatment or to know the heart valve replacement surgery cost in Noida, speak to our representative.

    • You can reduce your risk of developing a heart valve disease in the following ways:

  • Getting treatment quickly for infections
  • Being physically active
  • Eating heart healthy food
  • Quitting smoking 
  • Not being overweight
  • Taking medicines for high blood pressure and/or high cholesterol, as prescribed

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