Best Doctors for Mitral Valve Disease Treatment in Jubliee Hills, Hyderabad

Mitral valve disease is collectively referred to a group of diseases affected that mitral valve of the heart. It regulates the flow of blood from left atrium to left ventricle. Some of these diseases be present since birth or may be developed as one progresses in age. The symptoms can be mimicking to other heart-related diseases like shortness of breath, chest pain, orthostatic hypertension, lower extremity edema, blood vomiting and syncope. The mitral valve diseases can be clinically presented as prolapse/over-stretching of the valve, stenosis/narrowing of valvular passage due to thickening of mitral valve flaps and regurgitation/leakage. The underlying causes for developing mitral valve diseases are congenital heart disease, rheumatic fever, infectious endocarditis and obesity related to age. They can be maintained with the help of medications like diuretics and beta/calcium blockers. Some severe cases can be managed by surgical management with procedures like mitral valve repair, replacement, balloon valvotomy, and other minimally invasive procedures.