This is always abnormal and characteristic of aortic stenosis. Usually it is a late symptom occurring when breathlessness or chest tightness have been established for many months. Blackout is always an important symptom to declare to your healthcare professional. As well as being caused by aortic stenosis (where the blackout occurs on exertion), blackouts […]
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Continue readingDoctors often ask whether you have ‘chest pain’, by which they mean any unpleasant sensation in the chest like heaviness or constriction which makes you need to stop or slow down. Usually the sensation is across the chest but it can sometimes be hard to localise and even describe. It’s a bit like having toothache […]
Surveillance following valve surgery Once you have had an intervention on your heart valve you will be discharged from hospital. You should have a post-operative echocardiogram around 6 to 8 weeks following your valve intervention, to understand how your new valve is working. Heart valve disease is a condition that you will carry with you […]
What is the pulmonary valve? The pulmonary valve is the main outlet valve on the right side of the heart. It allows blue (deoxygenated) blood to leave the heart after the right ventricle has contracted. Once the blood has left the heart the pulmonary valve closes and stops any blood falling back into the right […]
What is the pulmonary valve? The pulmonary valve is the main outlet valve on the right side of the heart. It allows blue (deoxygenated) blood to leave the heart after the right ventricle has contracted. Once the blood has left the heart the pulmonary valve closes and stops any blood falling back into the right […]
What is the tricuspid valve? The tricuspid valve is the inlet valve on the right circuit. It opens to let blood flow from the right atrium to right ventricle, then closes to stop blood flowing backwards. The tricuspid valve consists of three leaflets. This valve is thinner and more delicate than the mitral valve and […]
What is the mitral valve? The mitral valve is a valve with two leaflets situated on the left side of the heart. It is a one-way valve that allows blood to move from the top chamber of the heart (left atrium) to the bottom chamber (the main pump – the left ventricle). What is mitral […]
What is the mitral valve? The mitral valve is a valve with two leaflets situated on the left-hand side of the heart. It is a one-way valve that allows blood to move from the top chamber of the heart (left atrium) to the bottom chamber (the main pump – the left ventricle). What is mitral […]
What is the mitral valve? The mitral valve is situated on the left side of the heart. It is a one-way valve that allows blood to move from the top chamber of the heart (left atrium) to the bottom chamber (the main pump – the left ventricle). What is mitral regurgitation? Mitral regurgitation is a […]
What is the aortic valve? The aortic valve is a structure in the heart that allows one way flow of blood out of the main pumping chamber of the heart (the left ventricle) into the main blood vessel leaving the heart (the aorta). When the heart muscle pumps, the aortic valve opens allowing blood to […]