Valvular heart disease, when any heart valve struggles to allow adequate blood flow through and from the heart, can be fatal if not detected and managed in a timely manner. It has been estimated that ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Valvular heart disease impacts approximately 7% of patients with cancer. One in five underwent interventional ...

Valvular regurgitation is when blood flows backward through the chambers of your heart. It can be mild and not cause symptoms, or it can be life threatening. Your heart is a muscular organ that ...

Heart auscultation by primary care providers detected heart murmurs in nearly 1 in 4 individuals in a Norwegian population. While murmurs were particularly useful for detecting aortic stenosis, their ...

Valvular heart disease, identified through cardiovascular imaging, is common in cancer patients. Interventions to treat valvular heart disease significantly improved survival. These findings were ...

Severe valvular heart disease was present in 7.2% of a large cohort of patients with cancer who underwent echocardiography at a tertiary referral center. Those who received a valvular intervention had ...

An elderly patient suffering from rare Tricuspid Valve Barlow’s Disease, which had resulted in severe leakage of the heart’s tricuspid valve, has been successfully treated using a dedicated tricuspid ...

Valve disease affects how blood moves through the heart, and pregnancy is often a time when symptoms first appear or become more noticeable. Learning about a heart valve condition during pregnancy can ...

Treatment of valvular heart disease has made phenomenal strides over the past two decades, but these life-changing gains are not trickling down to everybody. A huge part of the problem is the lack of ...