Mitral Valve Disease

<body background="../_themes/expeditn/exptextb.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#993300" vlink="#666600" alink="#CC3300"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times"> <b> <p>Mitral Valve disease</p> </b> <p>The next most common valve with problems is the mitral valve, also on the left side of the heart.As opposed to the aortic valve, the problem with the mitral valve is usually from blood leaking backwards, called mitral regurgitation. Also different from the aortic valve, this valve can often be repaired. Risk of death with this surgery is about 6%. Again, the most important determinant of death is the strength of your heart</p> <p>This is a picture of how a repair is done. Usually, there is one section which leaks blood backwards. You can cut this section out and suture the ends together and support the whole repair with a ring.</p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/intro28.gif" width="443" height="342"></p> <p><a href="intro1-13.htm" target="_top">previous</a>    <a href="intro1-15.htm" target="_top">next</a></p> </font><table border="1" width="100%" bordercolordark="#660000" bordercolorlight="#CC9966"> <tr> <td width="16%"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times"><a href="../index1.htm" target="_top">Home</a></font></td> <td width="16%"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times"><a href="../services1.htm" target="_top">Services</a></font></td> <td width="17%"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times"><a href="../info1.htm" target="_top">Info</a></font></td> <td width="17%"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times"><a href="../faq1.htm" target="_top">FAQ's</a></font></td> <td width="17%"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times"><a href="../contact1.htm" target="_top">Contact Us</a></font></td> <td width="17%"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times"><a href="../links1.htm" target="_top">Links</a></font></td> </tr> </table><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times"></font></body>