How to Recognize a Leaking Heart Valve

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Call emergency medical responders if you are having a heart attack.. Go to the doctor if you might have a mitral regurgitation.. Visit your doctor if you think you have aortic valve regurgitation.

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Call emergency medical responders if you are having a heart attack.

Step 1

Call emergency medical responders if you are having a heart attack.

2

Go to the doctor if you might have a mitral regurgitation.

Step 2

Go to the doctor if you might have a mitral regurgitation.

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Visit your doctor if you think you have aortic valve regurgitation.

Step 3

Visit your doctor if you think you have aortic valve regurgitation.

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Discuss pulmonary regurgitation with your doctor.

Step 4

Discuss pulmonary regurgitation with your doctor.

5

Ask your doctor about tricuspid valve regurgitation.

Step 5

Ask your doctor about tricuspid valve regurgitation.

6

Ask your cardiologist to listen to your heart.

Step 6

Ask your cardiologist to listen to your heart.

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Let your cardiologist take measurements and images of your heart.

Step 7

Let your cardiologist take measurements and images of your heart.

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Reduce your salt intake.

Step 8

Reduce your salt intake.

9

Lower your heart attack risk with medications.

Step 9

Lower your heart attack risk with medications.

10

Repair a leaking valve.

Step 10

Repair a leaking valve.

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Get a new valve if yours can't be fixed.

Step 11

Get a new valve if yours can't be fixed.

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