HEART VALVE DISEASE IS PROGRESSIVE AND DEADLY, PUTTING YOUR PATIENTS AT GREAT RISK

What Your Patients Don't Know About Heart Valve Disease Could Put Them in Danger

Talk to them about the importance of their heart valve health.

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Heart Valve Disease Can Affect Any of the Heart’s 4 Valves

Those 4 valves are the aortic, mitral, pulmonary, and tricuspid valves.

The most common types of heart valve disease are stenosis and regurgitation.

Diagram of the four valves of the heart: pulmonary valve, aortic valve, mitral valve, and tricuspid valve

The Most Dangerous Form of Heart Valve Disease Is Aortic Stenosis

Aortic stenosis is a serious condition where the aortic valve narrows, obstructing blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body.

Risk Factors: It often occurs due to age-related calcification of the valve or a bicuspid valve.

Symptoms: Patients may experience chest pain, shortness of breath, fainting, and fatigue, but many times patients are asymptomatic.

Complications: If left untreated, it can progress to severe aortic stenosis and lead to heart failure, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death.

Mortality Rates for Heart Valve Disease by Valve

Pie chart showing mortality rates for heart valve disease by valve type

Disease Progression Has a Wide-Ranging Effect

Left undetected, heart valve disease can impact—and ultimately threaten—your patients’ lives.

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Worsening symptoms

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Poor quality of life

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Risk of death

Aortic Stenosis Is the Deadliest Type of Heart Valve Disease

But somehow, many cases are still being missed.

See the Implications of a Missed Diagnosis
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