Is heart valve disease in the elderly really incurable?

The correct name for this disease is degenerative heart valve disease of the elderly. There is no effective cure for this disease, and it requires long periods of intermittent treatment. The main treatments for degenerative heart valve disease are transcatheter aortic valve implantation, medication and surgery to control the triggering factors and prevent complications. 1. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: It is a minimally invasive cardiac treatment performed through a catheter, which can improve the survival rate, reduce perioperative mortality, shorten the recovery time, and reduce the risk of hemorrhage. However, it may increase the chance of vascular complications. 2. Drug therapy: there is no specific drug for the treatment of this disease. Considering the high number of comorbidities of this disease, it should be handled according to the guideline, such as after mitral stenosis or mechanical valve replacement, drugs like warfarin can be used; and if there is angina pectoris and other problems, nitroglycerin can be used. There are side effects when taking the medication, so it is important to follow the doctor’s instructions. 3. Surgery: Heart valve surgery mainly includes valve repair, valve junction separation and valve replacement. Among them, prosthetic valve replacement requires prolonged use of anticoagulant drugs, and the mortality rate can reach about 10%, but do not give up for fear of choking, if it meets the indications for surgery, it can also be carried out under the guidance of the doctor interventional prosthetic valve replacement. If the symptoms of degenerative heart valve disease in the elderly, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible to improve the examination, and actively cooperate with the physician for targeted treatment, the use of medication, need to be under the guidance of a doctor.