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cjgbur · 22nd March 2007, 18:50

Greetings...

Reviewed your post. To really give any meaningful advice, I would need more information.

However, if you are developing pulmonary edema with diving, there is no doubt you should not dive for now. I am more concerned about long term consequences of "watching" the MR (mitral regurgitation).

You need to ask your cardiologist several questions:
1) Left ventricular function: is it normal?
2) Estimated pulmonary artery pressures (should have been calculated from your echocardiogram)
3) Left atrail size, again from the echo.

Early repair if anatomically possible would be a good option. You can fix it before it effects the the heart irreversabily and you hopefully can avoid valve replacement surgery and the need for long term anticoagulation.

Best of luck,
CJG

22nd March 2007, 18:50	#10 (permalink)
cjgbur New Member Current Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toledo Ohio Posts: 3	Re: Leaking Mitral valve Greetings... Reviewed your post. To really give any meaningful advice, I would need more information. However, if you are developing pulmonary edema with diving, there is no doubt you should not dive for now. I am more concerned about long term consequences of "watching" the MR (mitral regurgitation). You need to ask your cardiologist several questions: 1) Left ventricular function: is it normal? 2) Estimated pulmonary artery pressures (should have been calculated from your echocardiogram) 3) Left atrail size, again from the echo. Early repair if anatomically possible would be a good option. You can fix it before it effects the the heart irreversabily and you hopefully can avoid valve replacement surgery and the need for long term anticoagulation. Best of luck, CJG __________________ *Charles J Gbur Jr, MD, FACC, FSCAI, DMO* SSI AOWI
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