Difficulty breathing due to my parents' chest pain?Risk of sudden death Suspects this disease
Mar 17, 2025
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The main cause of 'aortic valve stenosis' is degenerative changes that occur when the aortic valve is calcified due to aging. In addition, rheumatoid aortic valve stenosis, which occurs as a complication after suffering from 'rheumatic fever' in childhood or having structural problems of bifollicular aortic valve, may occur.
Aortic valve stenosis has no symptoms in the beginning, but when the degree of stenosis intensifies, blood flow to the heart and brain through the aorta becomes insufficient, resulting in symptoms such as chest pain and fainting. In addition, when heart failure progresses as the left ventricular muscle thickens to send sufficient blood throughout the body, heart failure symptoms such as difficulty breathing appear.
Professor Yoo-kyung Park of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery at Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital said "Aortic valve stenosis is judged and diagnosed with the presence and severity of stenosis through echocardiography. For mild cases, medication should be performed first, and if it is severe, it is recommended to undergo surgery or procedures quickly.
'Aortic valve replacement' is a surgery to remove the damaged aortic valve and replace it with a metal artificial valve or a tissue valve made by a special treatment of heart tissue from pigs or cattle. In recent years, artificial heart lung time and cardiac arrest time have been saved by using 'unsealed aortic valve replacement' or 'Rapid depolying' that does not use or uses less suturing thread to replace the valve.
Professor Park Yoo-kyung said, `We expect these surgical methods to reduce major complications such as infectious endocarditis, where the valve that was operated later is narrowed again or infected, and as the anti-calcification technology that determines the lifespan of tissue valves continues to develop recently, the valve replacement cycle and reoperation period are expected to be extended.'
Then "As Korea enters a super-aged society recently, aortic valve stenosis is rapidly increasing. The reason why aortic valve stenosis is scary is that there are no symptoms in the early and mid-term, but when the degree of stenosis worsens, serious symptoms suddenly appear. If the elderly have chest pain or shortness of breath, do not pass it lightly and receive accurate examinations and professional treatment in time," he said.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
