This was an interesting presentation by Dr. Timimi. I so appreciate your posting it @kanaazpereira. I've always found this to be confusing. I've been told that my stiff heart is caused by aortic insufficiency. My aortic valve only shows moderate leakage, but the fatigue I feel with even moderate aerobic exercise is discouraging to me. My ejection fraction (EF) is still strong so no one wants to do anything to the valve (replace or repair) which is understandable as there are many risks to open heart surgery. Also, I have no symptoms of congestive heart failure (edema of the feet, legs) so that is good as well.

It is discouraging however, to not be able to walk a flight of stairs, walk a half-mile without becoming exhausted. I'm waiting for the day when these kinds of heart problems can be fixed without such dramatic surgery, but not sure that is going to happen in my lifetime.

I'm looking forward to hearing from others. Will there be other videos like this which might discuss this disorder in more detail?