https://www.HeartValveSurgery.com Bacterial Endocarditis is a serious infection that can cause longterm and severe damage to heart valve structures including the mitral valve leaflets and annulus. As a result, the patient may become symptomatic and experience heart failure.

To help patients learn more about mitral valve bacterial endocarditis, we interviewed Dr. Duc Thinh Pham, a leading cardiac surgeon at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Key questions answered by Dr. Pham in this video include:

1. Can you discuss the role of the four valves in the heart? What do they do?
2. What happens if the valves do not work properly?
3. What are the common types of heart valve disease?
4. What is bacterial endocarditis? Is it common?
5. How can endocarditis impact the mitral valve, the heart and the human body?
6. Can endocarditis cause any additional cardiac disease and or heart failure?
7. What treatments are available for patients with mitral valve endocarditis? Mitral valve repair? Mitral valve replacement?
8. How do patients do after mitral valve therapy for endocarditis? Life expectancy? Quality of life?
9. What is Dr. Pham's #1 piece of advice for patients with endocarditis?

To learn more or schedule an appointment with Dr. Pham, please call (312) 7577490 or visit https://www.heartvalvesurgery.com/s....