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Do I Need A Valve Surgery?

Dx with two leaking leaking heart valves. Rricular moderate to Sec. And mvp moderate need another echo in six mths ... at times bp drops very low. .. and pulse is tachy. From my understanding and I could be way wrong but this sounds like some kind of valve surgery in the future ....
Mon, 23 Feb 2015
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Hello! Thank you for your question on HCM! Regarding your concern there exists some guidelines that give current opinion about medical treatent of valvular dysfunctions and timing for surgery. In order to give an objective judgement about this issue it would be necessary a thorough medical history of your complains from the beginning and their evolutions coupled with concrete data from cardiac ultrasound reports. If you give detailed information for the above mentioned issues I could give you a more specific answer. So talk to your doctor about the exams.
Hope to have been helpful tou you,
Greetings from Dr. Iliri.
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Do I Need A Valve Surgery?

Hello! Thank you for your question on HCM! Regarding your concern there exists some guidelines that give current opinion about medical treatent of valvular dysfunctions and timing for surgery. In order to give an objective judgement about this issue it would be necessary a thorough medical history of your complains from the beginning and their evolutions coupled with concrete data from cardiac ultrasound reports. If you give detailed information for the above mentioned issues I could give you a more specific answer. So talk to your doctor about the exams. Hope to have been helpful tou you, Greetings from Dr. Iliri.