The treatments offered will vary depending on the type and severity of the condition. Some patients may need no immediate treatment but will be monitored by the hospital and will be brought in for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan once a year, to check that the condition hasn’t deteriorated. 

In some cases, drugs may be the best treatment option. If this is the case, your consultant will discuss this with you and will liaise with your cardiologist to make sure that you are taking the correct medication.

In many cases, some kind of intervention will be necessary to treat the condition. This could be done through cardiac catheterisation, which means a small tube will be passed through a blood vessel in your groin or arm which is then navigated to the heart. This is a minimally invasive procedure and will require only a short stay in hospital.

If you need a valve in your heart replaced you may have a transcatheter valve (TCV) procedure, which is a type of cardiac catheterisation which uses a balloon on the end of the catheter to put the replacement valve to the right place. 

Another treatment option is cardiac surgery to correct the problem. If you do need surgery, you will need to stay in hospital for longer so you can recover before you go home. It will take about three months to fully recover from your surgery.