Valvular heart disease affects about 2.5% of adults in the United States. It may be present at birth, or it can occur over time due to causes such as aging, infection, and heart attack.

Rheumatic heart disease is a serious complication of Group A Streptococcus infection. It can cause damage to the valves in your heart and may cause severe heart problems in the future.

The diagnosis of rheumatic valvular disease was made with the use of Standard auscultatory criteria. 14–18 Patients with significant apical systolic murmurs were considered to have mitral-valve ...

Rheumatic heart disease ... This is the lesion most commonly observed in RHD, usually in combination with other valve diseases. Mitral stenosis, aortic regurgitation and less commonly, ...

Rheumatic fever can permanently damage the heart valves; The disease primarily impacts kids 5 to 15 who have strep throat; Six in 10 adults will live and die with heart disease by 2050: Study ...

Valvular heart diseases represent an underappreciated yet serious and growing public-health problem, ... However, in industrialized countries, rheumatic disease has fallen substantially, ...

Rheumatic fever can permanently damage the heart valves; The disease primarily impacts kids 5 to 15 who have strep throat; Six in 10 adults will live and die with heart disease by 2050: Study ...

It is also appreciated, however, that all these features may be absent in any individual case and that characteristic signs of rheumatic valvular disease may be found in persons from whom no ...

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.

In Africa alone there are around 15 million patients living with rheumatic heart disease of whom 100,000 per year might need a heart valve intervention at some stage of their life.

For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) appeared to offer better prevention of stroke and thromboembolic events ...