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…re common in adults without significant valvular heart disease (VHD) and are more prevalent in women than in men, but the determina…

…Background Racial disparities in valvular heart disease are well-documented, yet evidence specific to mitral regurgitat…

…022. Patients with prior stroke, prior cardiovascular events or valvular heart disease were excluded. Patients were assigned to ablation or non-ablati…

…cently published 2025 ESC/EACTS guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease.3…

… showed high specificity but limited sensitivity for diagnosing VHD. Auscultation remains a valuable initial screening tool—especia…

…avidson et al 1 studied the ability of auscultation to identify heart valve disease. They randomly selected participants in the Tromsø 7 study to u…

…ground Atrial fibrillation (AF) impacts management decisions in valvular heart disease but its significance in patients with chronic aortic regurgitat…

…Background Valvular heart disease (VHD) is described in American guidelines as a progressive dise…

…ing 10 699 147 participants were included. Studies investigated coronary heart disease (51%), cardiomyopathy/heart failure (22%), heart rhythm disease…

… 1.72), compared with the <2000 m group. Clinically significant VHD in the <3000 m altitude group was predominantly degenerative in…

…Introduction Cardiac disease remains one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mor…

…with severe valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, and ischemic cardiomyopathy was scheduled for osteosynthesis of a periprosthetic femoral fr…