Valve

Doctors insisted I was having panic attacks — but I actually had a leaking heart valve

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A mom of two was told she was suffering from panic attacks and anxiety after years of breathlessness and fatigue — before doctors discovered she had a rare congenital heart condition. Abigail Louise, 36, attended her GP numerous times between 2021 and 2025 with symptoms and was referred to therapy “five or six” times after … Read more

Grandmother given ‘second chance’ after world-first heart valve operation

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Grandmother given ‘second chance’ after world-first heart valve operation

A grandmother has been given a “second chance at life” after undergoing a world-first heart valve operation. Julia Butterworth, 53, had two valves in her heart replaced in 2007 after doctors detected a murmur in the organ.  Despite being monitored, the gran-of-four underwent another operation in 2022 to replace two more valves, and a third … Read more