Valvular heart disease can, if found early, be managed and potentially mitigated before the need for surgery. As such, education is important so that cardiology patients know whether they are at risk.

Common heart valve diseases: Congenital anomalies: bicuspid aortic valve, Ebstein’s anomaly (of the pulmonary valve) Degenerative or age-related valve disease: mitral valve prolapse, aortic ...

Researchers developed an AI-powered ECG model, EchoNext, that detects structural heart disease with high accuracy across ...

Valvular heart diseases represent an underappreciated yet serious and growing public-health problem, ... Cite this: Valvular heart disease: A big issue in the elderly - Medscape - Sep 14, 2006.

Normally, heart valves separate the chambers of the heart and keep blood flowing in the right direction. If they allow blood to flow backward or make it difficult ...

A two-tiered approach for valve centers may increase the identification of patients with valvular heart disease and improve outcomes through the use of multidisciplinary teams and shared decision ...

Researchers have developed EchoNext, an AI tool that uses electrocardiogram (ECG) data to detect structural heart problems, ...

Valvular heart disease, a condition in which any of the heart's four valves are damaged or diseased, afflicts 2.5% of all Americans and 13% of Americans over age 80.

February is American Heart Month, and Feb. 22 is Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day.News 8 asked Dr. Arun Kanmanthareddy, a UPMC cardiologist, what makes heart valve disease different from other ...

“Heart valve disease is when one or more of the heart valves do not work like they should,” explained study co-lead author Michael Frenneaux, of the Royal Brompton Hospital.

Prevalence of valvular heart disease and related procedures. Compared with the control group, patients with AMD had significantly higher prevalence of the following diagnoses 1:. Aortic stenosis ...

The heart valve can calcify and cause narrowing of the valve which is called stenosis. Stenosis happens most often in the aortic valve, but can occur in any of the heart’s four valves. When a healthy ...