beespin
Member
Hello everyone that has been kind enough to reply to my first post and help me with some great advice. As you all know, I've been working on trying to understand my condition a little clearer. I was diagnosed with moderate MVP/MR in mid-March. After an echo, stress test, and TEE/bubble tests, this is the info on my report. If you can help me understand it a little better, that would be much appreciated.
1. Left ventricular ejection fraction was greater than 55%.
2. shaggy-looking mitral valve leaflets with anterior mitral valve prolapse. There is moderate MR.
3. Slight thickening of the tricuspid valve leaflets with trace of TR.
4. Trace of PI.
5. RVSP is normal.
Left Ventricle:
The left ventricle is normal in size. There is normal left ventricular wall thickness. Ejection fraction = >55%.
Right Ventricle:
The right ventricle is normal in size and function.
Atria:
The left atrial size is normal. Right atrial size is normal.
Mitral Valve:
Shaggy-looking mitral valve leaflets. Prolapse of the anterior mitral leaflet. There is moderate mitral regurgitation.
Tricuspid Valve:
Slight thickening of the tricuspid valve leaflets. There is trace tricuspid regurgitation. Right ventricular systolic pressure is normal.
Aortic Valve:
The aortic valve is normal in structure and function. No aortic regurgitation is present. Trace pulmonic valvular regurgitation.
Great Vessels:
The aortic root is normal size.
Pericardium/Pleural:
The pericardium appears normal.
After that Summary, there is a list of measurements and calculations that are extremely confusing. The only measurement that is 'familiar' reads:
MR max vel: 420 cm/s
After my visit, the cardio couldnt tell me if I would be looking at repair or replacement in my future. She did, however, make it clear that I could at anytime experience Congenital Heart Failure which could lead to pretty immediate surgery. With that being said, she advised me to have children NOW (if they were in my future), since after surgery I couldnt even consider a pregnancy. Let me know what you think, and if you're able to explain any of the findings, I would appreciate that as well. Thanks again everyone.
1. Left ventricular ejection fraction was greater than 55%.
2. shaggy-looking mitral valve leaflets with anterior mitral valve prolapse. There is moderate MR.
3. Slight thickening of the tricuspid valve leaflets with trace of TR.
4. Trace of PI.
5. RVSP is normal.
Left Ventricle:
The left ventricle is normal in size. There is normal left ventricular wall thickness. Ejection fraction = >55%.
Right Ventricle:
The right ventricle is normal in size and function.
Atria:
The left atrial size is normal. Right atrial size is normal.
Mitral Valve:
Shaggy-looking mitral valve leaflets. Prolapse of the anterior mitral leaflet. There is moderate mitral regurgitation.
Tricuspid Valve:
Slight thickening of the tricuspid valve leaflets. There is trace tricuspid regurgitation. Right ventricular systolic pressure is normal.
Aortic Valve:
The aortic valve is normal in structure and function. No aortic regurgitation is present. Trace pulmonic valvular regurgitation.
Great Vessels:
The aortic root is normal size.
Pericardium/Pleural:
The pericardium appears normal.
After that Summary, there is a list of measurements and calculations that are extremely confusing. The only measurement that is 'familiar' reads:
MR max vel: 420 cm/s
After my visit, the cardio couldnt tell me if I would be looking at repair or replacement in my future. She did, however, make it clear that I could at anytime experience Congenital Heart Failure which could lead to pretty immediate surgery. With that being said, she advised me to have children NOW (if they were in my future), since after surgery I couldnt even consider a pregnancy. Let me know what you think, and if you're able to explain any of the findings, I would appreciate that as well. Thanks again everyone.