This will largely depend on the severity of your symptoms. They might be mild, moderate, or severe. It also depends on which heart valves are damaged and how they have affected your heart’s pumping ability, as well as your overall health. One option is to replace or repair the affected heart valves. This involves major […]

Your symptoms and a full history of what has been happening to you will have been noted by your team of doctors and nurses. They will have conducted various tests and investigations, in order to diagnose a problem with the valves of your heart. This include various blood tests, X-rays, tracing of your heart (ECGs), […]

There are several reasons why heart valves become damaged; you can ask your doctor which of the following has caused your valve to be affected, resulting in your heart not pumping efficiently. You may have been born with a damaged valve; this is known as congenital heart disease. As we age, our valves can become […]

This means that the valve leaks. As a result, the heart has to pump harder due to the blood leaking backwards, so it has to do extra work to get the blood to where it should flow.

The valve is stiff, so cannot open and close properly, meaning that the heart has to work harder, having to force the blood to pass through the stiff valve.