Seeing that it’s the most major organ in the body and the one that makes the remainder of the body work, when something bad happens to the heart, fear is an instant reaction.  Heart valve disease is when a valve in the heart doesn’t work the way it should.  It may be blocked from closing all the way thus not permitting blood flow to occur the way it wants to for the body to work the way it should.  When this occurs, heart valve replacement is a choice to fix the problem. 

Every year, over 250.000 heart valve replacement surgeries are performed with only 2.4% ending fatally.  That may appear like a high p.c., but when working with any surgery on the heart, it is very low in all fact.  Every day we engage in activities that are just as risky.  Driving a vehicle, flying in aplane, and crossing the street are all activities that could end fatally but often do not.  A method to dispel any fear you have over this surgery is to remember that and go into it with the positive outlook of how this is another possibly perilous activity you’ll do, but tell yourself that the chance of it being lethal is too small to chance not having it done.  If you need the surgery, get it done. 

One main problem that would cause you to need heart valve surgery is named aortic stenosis.  This happens when a valve in your heart chamber doesn’t open fully.  It could occur from scarring or calcium deposits forming, but when a valve doesn’t open absolutely , less blood flows thru or it has to flow through a smaller chamber thus not getting to the next chamber.  When this occurs, there are two possible surgeries that can occur.  They can repair the valve that means fixing the part that’s hurt or they can replace it that means removing the diseased valve and replacing it with one that works. 

The surgery sounds much scarier than it essentially is.  When heart valve replacement is required, the doctors put you under anesthesia so you aren’t awake during it and then they physically stop your heart from thrashing but have a machine continue pumping the blood through your body.  They then make an incision above your aorta, do the needed repairs and then stitch you back up.  The final scar(s) will be minute so there is really nothing to fret about.

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