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Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Oct 23 4:31pm | Replies (10)
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@neronel
First being a heart failure patient with low EF (25) your EF is excellent. That is a positive for you. The fact your ventricles are of normal size is also great news.
I do not have any experience with valve leakage. I would think the echo stress test would be more indicative of your heart functioning ability and issues. I have had many stress tests but not a echo done at same time. I have had many echocardiograms but at rest with contrast.
What brought you to the cardiologist? What were your symptoms? Your EF and ventricle information is excellent I wish mine were that good.
Excellent treatments these days versus even 5 years ago.
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@jc76
Hi,
I got a new primary care physician last year at the Cleveland Clinic. She listened for the murmur and ordered a resting echo. The results came back with +2 mitral valve prolapse. She referred me to a cardiologist. He said I need a stress echo. So, here I am. Now, with a +4 mitral valve prolapse. I had a stress echo 20 years ago. It revealed a mild prolapse of +1. So, the murmur has been there, probably all of my life. I guess it worsens with age.
I had first degree heart block but now that has disappeared. It usually gets better or improves with age. Seldom goes to 2nd or 3rd.
I’m meeting with the cardiologist in about 3 weeks. See what he says. They do offer robotic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. They also give mortality data. Looks very good. They have done 2500 or more.
I was thinking of the MitraClip but that’s not as durable like the surgery. If I live another 10 years it won’t last and then I would have to have surgery anyway but then I would be older. That’s not good. I’m 75.;
Lou