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Physical limitations with Leaky Valve
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Oct 26, 2025 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
I can learn a lot from you, @susanejw. Thank you for your comment.
I am going to look a bit at discussions and see what I can find. In the meantime, if you haven’t already you can go to the box at the top of Connect home page and type words you want to search for. Also, here are resources I found:
- Mayo Clinic CMD treatment: https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/cardiovascular-diseases/news/expanding-the-possibilities-of-treatment-options-for-patients-with-coronary-microvascular-disease/mac-20581614
- Small Vessel Disease Summary: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/small-vessel-disease/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20352123
- American Heart Association CMD Overview: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-attack/angina-chest-pain/coronary-microvascular-disease-mvd
I have never heard of labile high blood pressure. This is the 2nd time in a couple of days. Would you check out this discussion https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/labile-hypertension-how-to-improve-it/
I am interested to learn what you find out. I love you questions and will learn, myself. Will you come back and comment? Hopefully, @ficklefinn will have an update about pushing activity levels as well.
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@jlharsh Thank you for the links! I had already read some, but the hour-glass-shaped stent idea from the Mayo Clinic was new to me. Sounds promising, but I don’t really want to rush into another surgery, and I’ll have to see if the procedure is even done in this country yet. But it’s good to know about.
I don’t really see how it works, actually, because it’s still a constriction. But if it works to alleviate angina somehow, that’s great.
About @ficklefinn ’s questions, I should have also told you both that my cardiologist didn’t give me any advice about traveling in the Sierras. I just went by how I felt. At 6,000 feet I could walk a couple miles, same as normal, and at 10,000 I had to return to the car and ask that we descend before hiking. That was in 2023, before my coronary microvascular dysfunction had kicked in, which probably would have made it worse.