How to Understand Heart Valve Diseases?

Heart valve diseases are difficult to diagnose because they progress insidiously and usually do not cause symptoms until adulthood. Delayed diagnosis of these diseases may make treatment difficult. As with all diseases, early diagnosis is very important for effective treatment in this disease.

Symptoms of heart valve diseases

Symptoms caused by diseases such as insufficiency or stenosis of the heart valves are as follows:

  1. Palpitations and shortness of breath,
  2. Don't get tired easily,
  3. Low or high blood pressure,
  4. Edema,
  5. Cough not due to respiratory diseases,
  6. Pain in the abdomen, waist and back area

Yaklaşık %85’i doğuştan ya da çocukluk döneminde geçirilen ateşli hastalıklar nedeniyle ortaya çıkan kalp kapak hastalıklarının tedavisinin ertelenmesi, akciğer ve kalbin zarar görmesine neden olur. Günümüzde minimal invaziv cerrahi ile triküspit, pulmoner, aort ve mitral kapak ameliyatı yüksek başarılı oranlarıyla gerçekleştirilmektedir.

resources

https://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/your-heart/heart-treatments/heart-valve-surgery