Like other types of valvular heart disease, valvular regurgitation may go unnoticed for years because mild forms tend to produce no symptoms. Symptoms are related to the severity of the regurgitation, as well as the presence of other forms of heart disease.  More severe forms may cause symptoms such as:

While the symptoms listed above are the problems that patients may bring to their physician’s attention, valvular regurgitation may also produce a number of signs that only the physician will be able to find. These signs include:

• Heart murmur, an abnormal heart sound that is detected by a physician through a stethoscope
  
  
• Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms), including atrial fibrillation
  
  
• Lung congestion
  
  
• Blood clots