AVR - MVR all you need to know about Valve Repair & Replacement

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Aortic / Mitral Valve Repair or Replacement

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What is Heart Valve Disease?

• Heart valve disease disturbs the normal flow of
  blood through the heart and affects the overall
  health.
• This can develop before birth or can be acquired
  during the lifetime

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Symptoms

• Shortness of breath
• Dizziness 
• Pressure or weight in the chest
• Heart palpitations
• Swelling in the ankles, feet, or belly

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What is Aortic Valve?

• The aortic valve is on the left side of the heart
  and is the outflow valve.
• It opens to allow blood to leave the left
  ventricle (the main pumping chamber of the heart)
  and closes to prevent blood from leaking
  backwards into the ventricle from the rest of the
  body.

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What is Aortic Valve Replacement?

• Aortic valve replacement is an "open heart"
  procedure for treatment of narrowing (stenosis)
  or leakage (regurgitation) of the aortic valve.

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What is Mitral Valve?

• The mitral valve is the "inflow valve" for the
  left side of the heart.
• Blood flows from the lungs, where it picks up
  oxygen, and into the left atrium.
• When it opens, the mitral valve allows blood to
  flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle.
  It then closes to keep blood from leaking back
  into the lungs when the ventricle contracts
  (squeezes) to push blood out to the body.
• It has two flaps, or leaflets.

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What is Mitral Valve Repair?

• Mitral valve repair is an open heart procedure to
  treat stenosis (narrowing) or regurgitation
  (leakage) of the mitral valve.

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What is Heart Valve Repair?

• Heart valve repair is a surgical or minimally
  invasive procedure that corrects a heart valve
  that is not functioning properly.
• It usually involves the heart valve leaflets that
  open and close to pump blood through the heart.
• In some cases, the doctor may find that repairing
  the heart valve is the best way to treat the
  heart valve disease.

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What is Heart Valve Replacement?

• When repair is not an option, replacing the
  damaged heart valve may be the most effective
  treatment.
• Heart valve replacement is a surgical procedure
  that replaces a damaged heart valve.

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Valve Replacement Done in Two Ways

• Replacement is more commonly used to treat aortic
  valves or severely damaged mitral valves.
• Mechanical Valves These are made from durable
  materials such as metals, ceramics, and plastics.

- The major advantage is that these are durable.
However, patients may be bothered initially due
to clicking sound when it shuts but soon they get
adjusted to it. Blood thinners will still need to
be taken to prevent blood clots.
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• Biological valves These may be made from the
  sources named below
• Autograft  Made from patients own tissue. A
  normally functioning pulmonary valve is used to
  replace a diseased aortic valve which is then
  replaced with donated pulmonary valve. This is
  also called Ross or Switch procedure.
• Homograft or Allograft  Human tissue of a
  donated heart is used most often to replace
  diseased or infected valves.
• Xenograph  Animal tissue may be used to replace
  a human valve.

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Surgery Options

• Traditional Heart Valve Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery

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Risks

• Death
• Heart attack
• Irregular heartbeat
• Kidney failure
• Post-pericardiotomy syndrome
• Stroke or other temporary / permanent brain
  injury

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Advantages of Heart Valve Surgery

• Lower mortality
• Improved survival
• Better preservation of heart function
• Lower risk of stroke and infection (endocarditic)
• No need for blood thinners (anticoagulation)

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