Mitral valve: the main types of disruption of its activity

Everyone knows that the heart is the most important organ that supplies the whole body with blood and ensures its continuous circulation. In medical practice, very often there are violations of the mitral valve, which is a bicuspid septum between the ventricle and the atrium. Its main function is to ensure that blood from the left ventricle enters the aorta. Thus, it is prevented from flowing back to the atrium.

If the mitral valve is unstable, that is, the blood flow is carried out in both directions, we can talk about the presence of such a disease as vice. In the risk group are people suffering from rheumatism. Scientists have proved that enough one attack of rheumatic endocarditis and in the heart of the mitral valve is deformed, becomes less elastic, can even sag. Isolate and congenital malformations, but these cases are rare.

The defect of the mitral valve can be divided into three main types:

• Complex flaw
• Stenosis
• Mitral insufficiency

The easiest form of the disease is mitral insufficiency, since it does not cause serious damage to the heart tissue, only the valve loses its functional purpose. Stenosis promotes scar formation in the atrium. A complex vice is a serious form of the disease, because it combines the two previous options.

Very common is a disease, like mitral valve prolapse. Its essence lies in the sagging of the leaves, due to their large size. As a rule, this can not bring unfavorable consequences. Symptomatic manifestations also do not, diagnose prolapse in general examination. The patient does not need special treatment, but a regular visit to the cardiologist is necessary, which should monitor the dynamics of the wings change in order to prevent possible problems.

Like any disease of the cardiovascular system, a large-sized mitral valve can cause shortness of breath, a rapid heartbeat rhythm that can not be avoided without a periodic tingling sensation. The most pronounced sign of a defect is a prominent blush that looks unusually on the general background of a white, even cyanotic face. Cyanosis appears at the tip of the nose and ears, and the nail plate also suffers. Often, all of these symptoms may be accompanied by a sharp decrease in pressure, coughing, or swelling of the extremities.

Most often, a mitral valve is not needed, especially if the violation of its activity is congenital, and not acquired. But in cases where such dysfunction can lead to the emergence of new, more dangerous diseases, you should intervene urgently. Depending on the severity of the disease, the specialist selects the optimal method of treatment. If there is no damage to the valves themselves, you can use the valve reconstruction method, modern medicine makes it possible to conduct such operations without much risk to the life of the patient. But when scar tissue is formed on the valves, doctors usually recommend putting the prosthesis, that is, replacing the mitral valve with artificial valves. The new valve can be of mechanical or biological origin. Mechanical has the advantage of being a long service life. The biological valve is usually put to people of advanced age (from 70 years), as it significantly reduces the risk of blood clots.

If you find the defect in time and correct it properly, then more such problems will not disturb you. And to prevent this situation, one should not neglect physical exercises for the development of not only the musculature of the body, but also the buildup of the heart muscle.