Valvular heart disease, also called heart valve disease, occurs when you have a diseased or damaged heart valve. When your heart pumps blood, your valves open and close to keep blood flowing in the ...

Heart valve disease occurs when at least one of the four valves in the heart fails to operate as usual. This can be due to valves allowing blood to leak backward, valves being too narrow, or valves ...

Mitral valve, computer illustration. 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 ...

If any of the heart’s valves are damaged or diseased, it is referred to as valvular heart disease. This damage can mean the valves fail to close properly, causing blood to leak back through them. Or ...

Heart valve disease occurs when one or more heart valves aren’t working as well as expected. Heart valve disease may be an inherited or acquired condition. Heart valve disease occurs when one or more ...

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) announced today that it provided the founding sponsorship for a new AHA Heart Valve ...

Childhood cancer survivors who were exposed to heart radiation therapy or high cumulative anthracycline doses face increased risks for valvular heart disease. Greater exposure to platinum-based agents ...

Almost one-third of people over the age of 60 have valvular heart disease, although less than 3% have clinically significant disease, according to new registry data from the United Kingdom. The ...

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