There are many cardiovasculardiseases. Most often, we learn about them if something bothers us, but there are also cases when the disease does not appear outwardly for a long time. Symptoms appear after years, most often suddenly, and become the cause of an unexpected deterioration in health. Most often, invisible diseases manifest themselves after considerable physical exertion, which can result in cardiac arrest.
What is mitral valve prolapse?
Mitral valve prolapse is a bendheart valve, which is manifested in the protrusion of the leaf of one of the valves between the chambers of the heart at the time of its closure. Because of this defect, one of the curved valves causes a tight closure of the heart chambers. Consequently, a small amount of blood from the ventricle returns to the atrium, and from the large vessels the blood returns to the ventricles.
Characteristic of mitral valve prolapse for 8%all the inhabitants of the planet. The basis of the mitral valve consists of two thin valves that are located between the left ventricle and the right atrium. Folds are directly connected by chords to the inner wall of the left ventricle.
The mitral valve is closed at the time ofventricular contraction, which prevents the outflow of blood from the left ventricle directly into the left atrium. When the ventricles relax, the chamber doors re-open, as a result of which a new amount of oxygen-saturated blood passes, which refills the left ventricle. Many people who suffer from mitral valve prolapse have defects in the structure of heart valves and chords. Deformation occurs due to improper formation of collagen, which results in an increase in the valves and chords of the heart. This disease is not harmless to everyone, because some patients experience various symptoms that interfere with living peacefully, and sometimes cause heart pain. But some live for a long time without knowing anything.
The exact cause of the disease (mitral valve prolapse) is not. Very often, the disease is inherited and occurs in women aged 19 to 40 years.
Characteristic symptoms of mitral valve prolapse
Очень часто пациенты не знают о существующей problem, so do not pay attention to symptoms such as: frequent fatigue, heart palpitations with minor exertion or severe headache. If you do not pass the examination in time and do not make an ultrasound of the heart, which will show the real state of the internal chambers of the heart, with a large physical load, the heart may not withstand and an attack will occur.
For all patients who have prolapsmitral valve, characterized by disorders in the nervous system that regulates heart rate and respiration. As a result, an insufficient amount of oxygen enters the blood, and it, in turn, enters the muscles, which leads to frequent fatigue.
Quite often, when a patient is running,fast or irregular heartbeat, most often they are not life-threatening, but if physical exertion is constant, then there may be complications that will lead to poor health. Sometimes the person has acute pain in the chest, they disappear within a few minutes.
If heart valve flap deflectionsignificant and a gap is formed between them, then the disease is called mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation. If this diagnosis has been established, then surgical intervention is necessary to avoid the serious consequences of the disease.
Treatment of mitral valve prolapse
For many patients, there is no need for a specialtreatment, because the disease can disappear over the years. All that is needed is an examination once a year. For those who have complications with this disease, special buta-blockers are prescribed: metoprolol, atenol or propranol. If the stage of the disease is severe, then resort to surgical intervention.
