What is heart valve surgery?

Heart valve surgery is a surgical method to treat heart valve disease.

Heart valve surgery is a surgical method to restore valve function by repairing and replacing human heart valves. This method is commonly used to treat rheumatic heart valve disease, infectious heart valve disease, congenital heart valve disease, etc. A heart valve is a membranous structure that can be opened and closed between the four chambers of the heart and the corresponding blood vessels. When the heart valve is damaged or has abnormal function, it may cause blood reflux and affect heart function.

Clinically, heart valve surgery is mainly divided into valvuloplasty, valve replacement, and minimally invasive valve surgery. The specific type of surgery that a patient needs to undergo should follow the doctor's advice.