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I had a similar experience.....went in for a basic examination and was told I had a soft heart murmur....never heard this before. My doctor send me in for an echo which showed mitral valve regurgitation moderate to severe. I was then referred to a cardio doctor who recommended a TEE. The TEE...

superbob -- saw the doctor this AM and for right now my diagnosis is mild mitral valve regurgitation and he will monitor me yearly....I am going to another doctor at the mayo clinic for another opinion next month....I do have to have a stress test and another problem came up with the TEE test...

Triff - Thanks for the heads up about infections...I will ask the doctor that ....I am meeting with him this AM to see what this all means now....even though it is not severe, I still have it.

Just wanted to let all who gave me support and advice about my diagnosis that I had my TEE today (glad to know I didn't remember a thing)....the good news is that my mitral valve regurgitation is mild not severe which means no surgery at least right now. I have a doctor's appt. tomorrow to see...

Gerrychuck....Thanks for the positive input and I'll try to keep the end result in mind.

Triff.... Thank you for your advice....I do believe researching too much on the internet can make it worse sometimes and right now, I don't have a thorough evaluation until I take the TEE test on Monday. Then I guess I can move forward the best I can with what I'm dealt with.... I am glad I...

Steve....Thank you for your input....very much appreciated....I have done some research on the internet for surgeons and I now have an appt. set up with one at the Mayo Clinic who specializes in this if I need surgery which I will probably find out next week after the TEE test.

I thank everyone for your replies....this forum really helps for support and info since I am freaked out a bout this. The doctor told me I have a soft murmur (whatever that means?) Does anyone have advice on how to find a good surgeon if I should need one? I am going to check out the Mayo...

To AZ Don.....What is OHS? (guess that means Open Heart Surgery?) Thank you for your reply. This all happened so fast and I just moved to St. Augustine, FLA so finding doctors is a challenge. A friend recommended the doctor who found the heart murmur thus the echo thus the diagnosis I am...

I just was diagnosed with moderate to severe mitral valve regurgitation.....couldn't believe it....have been having heart palps but thought nothing of it....now I have to go for a TEE test Monday ....I'm kind of flipping out since after having read all I can on the internet, it looks like...