Patient's question:
My aunt has been staying at my place these past few days. I noticed that she occasionally experiences chest pain. I became worried that she might have heart disease, so I advised her to go to the hospital for a check-up. After a thorough examination at the hospital, it was diagnosed as rheumatic heart valve disease. What are the most common complications of rheumatic heart valve disease?Doctor's answer:
Rheumatic heart valve disease can lead to the following major complications again:(1) Congestive heart failure, with 50% of patients with rheumatic heart disease being prone to congestive heart failure.
(2) Arrhythmia, the most common arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation.
(3) Subacute infective endocarditis.
(5) Lung infection.
(6) Others, severe mitral stenosis patients may develop hoarseness due to the left atrium compressing the recurrent laryngeal nerve.