Heart Valve Calcification & Stroke Risk: What Should Patients Know?

https://www.Heart-Valve-Surgery.com - Calcified heart valves are a common form of heart disease that can lead to symptoms, risks, heart failure and life-threatening situations as cardiac function is compromised due to valvular defects (e.g. aortic stenosis).

In addition to unwanted cardiac conditions that result from calcified valves, patients are also concerned about the potential for calcium deposits to "break off" a diseased heart valves and cause a stroke.

To educate heart valve patients about calcified valves and stroke risk, we interviewed Dr. Marc Gerdisch, the Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Franciscan Health in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Gerdisch is a heart valve expert who has performed over 6,000 cardiac procedures and more than 4,000 heart valve repair and replacement operations.

Key questions asked-and-answered in this video include:

1. What is a calcified heart valve?
2. Why do valves calcify?
3. Which valves typically calcify?
4. What are the symptoms and risks of a calcified heart valve (other than stroke)?
5. Can a calcified heart valve cause a stroke? During TAVR?
6. What, if anything, can patients with a calcified valve do to prevent stroke risk?

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Marc Gerdisch, please call (317) 682-0089 or visit https://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/s....