Mitral Regurgitation, Central Sleep Apnea.

[Boodmaster]

Anyone successfully have mitral regurgitation remedied and alleviated their central sleep apnea? I had trace mitral reg a year ago, but after an ultrasound today it seems like its a little bit worse now than it was. I’ve been reading that fixing the leaky valve in your heart *will* remedy csa. I was just curious if there’s anyone here that’s had that. I always panic when it comes to heart stuff.

[SarcasticDave94]

I'll be completely honest, I've never heard of it. During normal waking hours, I'll research on it for my own curiosity. I'll share whatsoever I learneth.

[CLCCW]

Re-upping this thread... I have been diagnosed with mostly CSA and had an echocardiogram. That test showed mild mitral valve and mild tricuspid valve regurgitation, along with mild-moderate pulmonary valve regurgitation. My PCP and pulmonologist are like, "no worries." Anyway, I did find some research suggesting a correlation between valve leakage and CSA's but no cause-effect finding.

[Jay51]

Possibly a pattern here and possibly not.  I have been diagnosed with very mild mitral valve prolapse (Cardiologist says most likely no surgery in the future to either repair or replace the valve in my situation.    I have been diagnosed with central sleep apnea as well.  Actually complex apnea (OSA + CSA + hypoventilation).  Did the mitral valve cause CSA?  

In my particular case, my Cardiologist doesn't think so.  I would encourage you to do vast research on the subject from studies, different Cardiologist's opinions, and testimonials of others with a similar problem. 

I hope that you make the right decisions about his going forward into the future.