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Thank you for your response. It's the same since surgery and cardiologist will order an echo each year to monitor it.

I had mitral valve repair 3 years ago. Since then, each echocardiogram shows moderate regurgitation. I am checked to be sure the heart doesn't enlarge. Have any of you experienced this?

Hello, I had mitral valve repair 15 months ago. My recent echocardiogram shows mild regurgitation. My cardiologist is not concerned and I don't have to come back or have another echo for a year. I am reassured but wondered if anyone else has had this? Thanks.

Epstns Sorry for the late reply. I had to look up my results to tell you what arrythmias I was experiencing while wearing the event device. I had only one A-Fib incident that was 23 days after mitral valve repair surgery. The others are PVC SV Salvo, SVPC and PAT. So those are premature...

Thank you very much for your comment on the regurgitation after your surgery. That information helps me feel better about this latest echo report. I see my cardiologist on Friday.

So sorry should have posted RVSP ( not LVEF) Right ventricle

I'm sorry I meant to say RVSP not the left ventricle. Sorry

Hi I just got my echocardiogram results from last week and I don't see my cardiologist until next week. I am reading this and getting nervous. I had minimally invasive mitral valve repair 15 months ago and I had a LVEF between 55% and 65% and it is now between 40 to 45%. Also, it shows mild...

Im 15 months post mitral valve repair. I'm feeling great and exercising consistently. I wore an event device for a month after experiencing A fib once and the device showed that I have some irregular beats so I have to take coumidan for life. Anyone else experience this?

They are painless migraines with auras (mine are colored zig zags) lasting 20 minutes. They are caused by the same brain changes. Also known as acephalgic migraines.

I had an average of 6 to 12 silent migraines per year starting in 2006. After mitral valve repair I have had 85. That number does not include the days I had 2 or 3 per day. I have consulted with the surgeon who told me to drink more water, my cardiologist who never heard of it and my primary...

Update on my experience with auras. I was told to take B2 and magnesium and feverfew by a neurologist. I cant take the feverfew due to coumidan. I posted awhile back that Ive had a huge increase in the auras since mitral valve repair probably from the heart lung machine. Drs. dont seem...

I was getting around 12 auras a year from 2006 to 2018. I had mitral valve repair in Oct 2018. I have had 45 since then. They last 20 minutes. Sun fluorescent lights glare and television are triggers. My surgeon and cardiologist have never heard of this. I have seen many posts online. Many have...

I had a mitral valve heart repair 7 months ago. I've been doing very well and completed all of my cardio rehab appointments. During rehab my blood pressure was checked and was always in the 120's over 60+ or 70+. I didn't check it for about a month and was surprised to see it was 171/65 and...

I had mitral valve repair. Arrythmias are paroxymal atrial tachycardia lasting seconds. A couple of a fibs in 6 months. I was told you can have a clot form so blood thinners are recommended. I wonder if the arrythmias will disappear with time. r