Great information. I'll be getting a MitraClip here in about three weeks. I had OHS for a mechanical aortic valve in January of 2023. After a severe bout of pneumonia earlier this year I got better over a short period of time and then my shortness of breath, among other symptoms, got worse and worse. It was discovered that I had a flail mitral leaflet. Due to recent pneumonia, being completely deconditioned, the recent sternotomy, a pectus deformity and complications with HIT (heparin induced thrombocytopenia) it was decided by a great team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and the interventional cardiologists that I'm a fairly high risk for another OHS right now. The doctor said I have excellent anatomy for a clip and is extremely confident in a positive outcome. Here is hoping to a long term solution, and if not, it will allow me to prolong another invasive operation and allow some time to lower my risk for surgery.
I am 67 and active.I have a mild to moderate mitral valve leak- most likely genetic. My father died of congestive heart failure at 63, and his brother and mother also died of heart disease. I am not thrilled with waiting for the valve to fail and doing a replacement- if I could do a repair and solve the problem. Is this a possibility- and does a repair last "forever" and should I start the process of setting a repair up- with testing, etc?
Hi Linda, Great question. Unfortunately, we can not provide medical advice as we are a patient advocacy group. That said, we would encourage you to speak with your cardiologist to get actionable information about your next steps. Sorry we can't be of more help on this one!
Great information. I'll be getting a MitraClip here in about three weeks. I had OHS for a mechanical aortic valve in January of 2023. After a severe bout of pneumonia earlier this year I got better over a short period of time and then my shortness of breath, among other symptoms, got worse and worse. It was discovered that I had a flail mitral leaflet. Due to recent pneumonia, being completely deconditioned, the recent sternotomy, a pectus deformity and complications with HIT (heparin induced thrombocytopenia) it was decided by a great team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and the interventional cardiologists that I'm a fairly high risk for another OHS right now. The doctor said I have excellent anatomy for a clip and is extremely confident in a positive outcome. Here is hoping to a long term solution, and if not, it will allow me to prolong another invasive operation and allow some time to lower my risk for surgery.
Spenser, Thanks for sharing your patient story with us. Please let us know how your MitraClip procedure goes!
This is the best video explaining the scenarios required for the mitraclip. Thank you!
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I am 67 and active.I have a mild to moderate mitral valve leak- most likely genetic. My father died of congestive heart failure at 63, and his brother and mother also died of heart disease.
I am not thrilled with waiting for the valve to fail and doing a replacement- if I could do a repair and solve the problem. Is this a possibility- and does a repair last "forever" and should I start the process of setting a repair up- with testing, etc?
Hi Linda, Great question. Unfortunately, we can not provide medical advice as we are a patient advocacy group. That said, we would encourage you to speak with your cardiologist to get actionable information about your next steps. Sorry we can't be of more help on this one!
Hi did you end up getting the surgery?