"Patients with aortic stenosis may suffer difficulty in breathing, which may get worse if left untreated. Eventually patient may experience fatigue, dizziness" This was told in an interview show, by Medanta Hospital top Cardiologist Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor.
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In the interview, presented by tavr.in, Interventional cardiologist Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor responded to common questions on signs & symptoms of heart valve disease.
He told that "Many patients come to us with a symptom of breathlessness. Now, breathlessness can be an expression of this valvular heart disease. So, it's very important to pick up this breathlessness and get oneself investigated whether all the valve functions and the heart function is fine, whether it is attributed to heart disease or valvular heart disease, at an earlier stage.”
He says “Patients come to us that this breathlessness is happening for the last four or five years and we thought that it could be exercise incapacity or some anemia or some other things, but they do not get investigated. From our point of view this is a very awkward scenario, because at times if we don't do that the heart disease becomes really advanced.”
Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor says “So, as you have asked the symptoms of valvular dysfunction, the first symptom could be breathlessness - whether it is narrowing, whether it is stenosis, whether it is leakage. Initially breathing discomfort happens on exertion only, but slowly as the disease advances (as there is more strain on the heart), the breathlessness starts to happen at rest also, and especially on lying down.
Consult Best TAVR specialist in India: Book Appointment“The second symptom then comes is that- there could be a transient loss of consciousness, the patient may feel a lot of giddiness or patient may lose transient consciousness if the main aortic valve, which is the main exit valve, is shrunken,” he added.
Diagnosis for Valvular heart disease - A simple Echocardiography
Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor says that " I think this is again very important to emphasize here that it's a very very simple test to diagnose the vulvar dysfunction, that is simple echocardiography. which is an ultrasound of the heart, it can clearly give us a picture”
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About The Specialist
Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor is a world-renowned specialist for the treatment of Heart valve dysfunctions. He is working as Vice Chairman- Interventional Cardiology at Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram. He can be contacted at rajneeshkapoor123@hotmail.com. Patients advised aortic valve replacement and treatment of mitral valve can Click Here To Speak with Dr. Rajneesh Kapoor
