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I had minimally invasive surgery also for a mitral valve repair. And yes, a leaky valve can cause arrythmias - that is why I had mine repaired.
I had a history of A-fib that had been corrected with cryoablation about two years before my mitral valve repair. When my A-fib cropped up again, my cardiologists pointed to my increasing valve leakage as the culprit. I had some A-fib post surgery, which was not unexpected and was on Amiodarone for 3 months, which controlled that. I'm coming up on a year since my mitral valve repair with only one short episode of A-fib in the past 10 months.
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Glad that helped you; I wish mine could have been repaired as this is preferable. They tried to repair it, but it was a no- go.
I needed surgery after my papillary muscle ruptured, rendering one leaflet what they call a flail.
The factors leading up to this were several, but the one I’ll emphasize here is grief. It really can break your heart. I had recently lost my mother with whom I was very close. Yes, I had mitral valve prolapse/regurg in my dna, but I was stable. I pushed myself in the gym when I knew I was sick because it was my way of dealing with emotional pain.
Not smart. I also had taken a lot of cipro a few months before for appendicitis (also grief related I think). Tendon damage(think mitral chordae rupture)can be a side effect of cipro. So it was a perfect storm, but the big factor is grief.
So, everyone, if you have a major loss in your life, please talk to someone and address it better than I did.