What causes thickened anterior mitral valve leaflet with mild prolapse what should i do now

These tests don't hurt. For an EKG, you will lie down and a doctor or nurse will put some small stickers on your chest. These stickers are connected to wires and a machine that tracks the activity in your heart. The wires record every beat of your heart. This test usually takes less than 15 minutes.

An echocardiogram (echo for short) uses sound waves to make a picture of the heart and the blood flowing through it. For this test, you will lie down and the doctor or a specially trained person (called a technologist) will put some gel on your chest. The gel helps make the picture of your heart clearer, and it might feel a little cool and sticky.

Then the person doing the test will press gently on your chest with a thick plastic wand and move this wand around on the skin over your heart. As it moves, the wand takes pictures of your heart. An echo takes longer than an EKG - about 30 minutes. If you have MVP, the doctor should be able to see the faulty flaps on this picture.

If the doctor discovers that you do have MVP, you probably won't need any treatment.

MVP Can Lead to Infections

But if you also have some blood leaking back through your valve, you might need to take medicine once in a while. Kids with leaking like this have to take antibiotics (medicine that kills germs called bacteria) if they ever have an operation or a procedure at the dentist, like having their wisdom teeth out.

Bacteria can get into the blood through surgery or dental work. If bacteria travel through the blood and get stuck on your tricky mitral valve, they can cause an infection in the heart. This kind of infection is called bacterial endocarditis (say: bak-teer-ee-ul en-doh-kar-dye-tus). Taking medicine before these procedures may help to prevent these infections.