“shown to be safe and effective”
that sounds familar . . .?
Advice - RUN away as fast as you can.
This procedure was suggested for me. I wouldn’t have it. I barely made it through open heart surgery, fortunately my surgeon is one of the best.
I had this procedure done about two years ago and it’s given me a second lease on life. I had no energy, lots of trouble breathing (and sleeping as a result), swelling and water accumulation. Climbing a flight of stairs was like Mt Everest - felt like I wasn’t going to hang around much longer.
I had a couple clips put in my mitral, two days in the hospital and I started feeling better almost immediately. Quite non-invasive
Miraculously, now I’m pretty much back to normal - I even split a half cord of wood last week! I’m extremely grateful to my doctors and modern medicine.
I highly recommend the procedure to anyone with a leaky mitral and regurgitation.
Been told since I was 30 or so that I had a mitral valve prolapse. Doc was concerned, but in the “we have to keep an eye on that” way.
For years I had to put it down on health forms. Dentists were always interested. There were a couple of times I couldn’t participate in an activity because of it.
A few years back I was having some problems with veins in my legs. Part of the prep before scheduling the surgery was a full cardio workup. I told the doc about my mitral valve prolapse. They did a full sonogram and ECG and stress test. The doc was impressed. He said I had the heart of an 18 year old.
“What about the mitral valve prolapse?” I asked.
“You don’t have a mitral valve prolapse.”
Can such a thing just go away on it’s own?