http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/04/29/health-and-family/medical-update/heart-health-heart-disease/calcium-deposits-affect-valve-function.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calcium-deposits-affect-valve-function Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/04/29/health-and-family/medical-update/heart-health-heart-disease/calcium-deposits-affect-valve-function.html/comment-page-1#comment-1390 Ginni Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:11:02 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=3340#comment-1390 I was recently diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse (calcified valve not opening with a jet of bllod ejecting backwards into heart). One surgeon showed me a picture of calcium deposits in the heart muscle (and I swear I heard this correctly) & said: “We leave these alone.” I don’t know medicine but I was surprised – it seemed logical a foreign body should be removed. I went to another surgeon who said: “You ALWAYS remove calcium deposits – they are like bones – they grow bigger.” I wondered if some research indicated (both surgeons are world class doctors) that there are some instances where calcium deposits should not be removed. I KNOW I heard the first doctor correctly – it was a relaxed sitution reviewing my “Echo” – but I am stymied and rather shy to ask the first surgeon what his reasons were for so stating. Please advise? I would be very grateful. Are there any exceptions to the calcium deposit removal rule? Thank you!

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