How long can you live without heart valve replacement?

The survival of patients with heart valve lesions is influenced by a number of factors that are related to the type of heart valve lesion, severity, primary disease, and level of cardiac function, and varies from person to person. Patients with heart valve lesions, which include mitral, tricuspid, aortic, and pulmonary valves, tend to die from heart disease or complications, and survival varies among valve lesions. Valve lesions are also classified as mild, moderate, or severe. Patients with mild valve lesions have a longer survival period than those with moderate to severe lesions, and if treated and controlled in a timely manner, can even reach a normal life expectancy, while those with moderate to severe valve lesions can undergo replacement surgery and have a longer survival period. In addition, patients with heart valve lesions have different survival periods for different primary diseases and levels of cardiac function. Treatment of heart valve lesions should first treat the primary disease and control the level of cardiac function before targeting the valve lesion.