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January 18, 2021

Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) Treatment in Lexington, KY

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Mitral valve prolapse is a
structural defect of the mitral valve

that has several different causes.

It's really an echocardiographic
diagnosis, but something that a lot

of people do have questions about.

The people with the classic mitral valve
prolapse where they have billowing

type leaflets, a collagen vascular issue
which is the cause of mitral valve

prolapse in a lot of people,
those people have a risk for worsening

mitral valve prolapse over time and those
people may ultimately need to have some

kind of surgery.

Mitral valve repair is preferred over
mitral valve replacement because the

repairs these days are very durable and
the risk associated with the mitral valve

repair is much less than
that with a replacement.

At Baptist Health Lexington,
we are capable of taking care

of absolutely everything that is required
for a diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse

be it mild, moderate, or severe.

We have excellent surgeons who can do
mitral valve repairs,

mitral valve replacements.

We have a mitral clip team that does
mitral clip on people who are not surgical

candidates if they have mitral valve
prolapse and it's significant enough

to warrant an intervention.

Being able to take care of people with
valvular heart disease is wonderful.

It's the thing that makes me
want to come to work every day.

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Baptist Health Lexington: Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) Treatment

In order to treat mitral valve prolapse (MVP), mitral valve repair or replacement may be necessary. Learn more about MVP treatment from Baptist Health.

Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) Treatment in Lexington, KY HealthTalks Transcript

Paula Hollingsworth, MD, Interventional Cardiology:
Mitral valve prolapse is a structural defect of the mitral valve that has several different causes. It’s really an echocardiographic diagnosis, but something that a lot of people do have questions about. There are people with classic mitral valve prolapse where they have billowing-type leaflets, a collagen vascular issue, which is the cause of mitral valve prolapse in a lot of people. Those people have a risk for worsening mitral valve prolapse over time, and those people may ultimately need to have some kind of surgery.

Mitral valve repair is preferred over mitral valve replacement because the repairs these days are very durable. The risk associated with the mitral valve repair is much less than that with a replacement.

At Baptist Health Lexington, we are capable of taking care of absolutely everything that is required for a diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse, be it mild, moderate or severe. We have excellent surgeons who can do mitral valve repairs and mitral valve replacements. We have a MitraClip™ team who does MitraClip™ on people who are not surgical candidates, if they have mitral valve prolapse and it’s significant enough to warrant an intervention. Being able to take care of people with valvular heart disease is wonderful. It’s the thing that makes me want to come to work every day.

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