Assessment of Awareness and Satisfaction for Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty: Suggested Self-Care Guide

Abstract

Balloon valvuloplasty is an alternative to valve replacement in patients with critical stenosis although the treatment of choice for valvular heart disease is surgery. This technique enlarges the orifice of a heart valve that has been narrowed by a congenital defect, calcification, rheumatic fever, or aging. Balloon valvotomy is a procedure that may relieve many of the symptoms of valve disease, but it will not cure valve disease. Some patients may continue to need medications, even after a successful procedure. Patients will need to continue seeing their doctors regularly after the procedure to make sure that cardiac valves are working properly. Lifestyle factors that can worsen valve disease may also need to be changed (Rao, 2019).