bicuspid aortic valve / mitral regurgitation ??

[Amayo89]

In the past week I have went to the doctor twice for confusion, constant lightheaded, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, pain in chest that comes and goes.....  Each time, they say my heart rate was way too fast and transferred me to the er. At the er they basically monitored me until my heart rate went down each time and did nothing else.... I'm getting scared because I don't feel any better, I'm fact it's especially worse at night/ when lying down....  and the fatigue is so bad I really haven't been able to get out of bed for almost a week. Or else I feel like I'm gonna pass out. My grandmother who raised me found some papers from when I was a kid that days I have mild mitral regurgitation and bicuspid aorta valve. I have never had any issues at all with it before though, I remember when I was a kid they told me I had it and even then I never felt any side effects. I have an appointment with the cardio tomorrow but in the mean time does anyone have similar experience and could this be related ??

[Amayo89]

Also, I meant to write I am a 24 year old female

[Amayo89]

Hi, I'm sorry. Both times I was sent to the er my heart rate was 150-160. I had a cardiologist appointment yesterday and doesn't think my mitral regurgitation is an issue at all because he hears no murmur. And my heart sounda good...However my heartrate consistantly staysabout 120-130 at previous visits so he put me on very low dose metoprolol to lower it. I have an echo scheduled Tuesday and am wearing a heart monitor for 30 days. I'm beginning to wonder if my symptoms aren't more gastro related now though as I've had extreme nausea, burping, diarrhea, digestion issues. Wondering if the excessive burping is causing chest pressure. I'm kinda at a loss honestly I've been to 5 drs this week alone. No one can find an issue but I have an appointment with an internal specialist monday

[Jerry_NJ]

You didn't give any numbers, what is (do you consider) high HR?  The general view is a resting HR over 100 is tachycardia, too fast, and treatment should be considered.

As for regurgitation, many people have valve problems, but they should be checked periodically to see it they are stable or getting worse.  An echocardiogram, moderately expensive, is the mothod used to check the heart phycically and I get one every three years.  I had a mild leaky mitral valve for a long time (same as regurgitation I believe) and it now seems it did contribute to or cause an enlargement in my left atrium, which became critical when I was in my mid 60s.  Mild valve problems are mostly disregarded other than follow up checks every few years.