valvular heart disease

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valvular
adjective
uk
/ˈvælv.jə.lər/us
/ˈvælv.jə.lɚ/
relating to valves (= flaps that open and close to control the flow of liquids or gases), especially the valves of ...
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heart
noun
uk
/hɑːt/us
/hɑːrt/
the organ in your chest that sends the blood around ...
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disease
noun
uk
/dɪˈziːz/us
/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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Cardiovascular examination should assess for evidence of restrictivevalvularheartdisease and arrhythmia and also include assessment of postural blood pressure changes.
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Ninety-three patients (30 %) had a diagnosis ofvalvularheartdisease and 24 (8 %) had received prosthetic valve replacement.
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Chronic hypertension, congenital heart disease with intracardiac shunting, andvalvularheartdisease may also lead to remodeling.
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The other form ofvalvularheartdisease is stenosis, a narrowing of the valve.
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A majorvalvularheartdisease is mitral valve prolapse, which is the myxomatous degeneration (a weakening of connective tissue) of the valve.
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The major fields she works in arevalvularheartdisease, adult congenital heart disease, and echocardiography.
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Valvularheartdisease is another cause of pathological hypertrophy.
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His work has dramatically expanded knowledge of heart disease in the area of congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, andvalvularheartdisease.
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It is one of the two most commonvalvularheartdiseases in the elderly.
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The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure,valvularheartdisease and electrophysiology.
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A 29-year-old man who hadvalvularheartdisease was admitted to the hospital after flu symptoms persisted for 2 days.
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This includesvalvularheartdisease (such as mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, and tricuspid regurgitation), hypertension, and congestive heart failure.
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Her death certificate cites three causes: heart failure, chronicvalvularheartdisease, and arteriosclerotic heart disease.
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Echocardiography can also identifyvalvularheartdisease and assess the state of the pericardium (the connective tissue sac surrounding the heart).
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Most probably he had a streptococcal infection and subsequent rheumatic fever leading tovalvularheartdisease, heart failure and kidney failure.
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Heart murmurs may indicate the presence ofvalvularheartdisease, either as a cause (e.g. aortic stenosis) or as a result (e.g. mitral regurgitation) of the heart failure.
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Common causes of heart failure include coronary artery disease including a previous myocardial infarction (heart attack), high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation,valvularheartdisease, and cardiomyopathy.
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His major areas of patient care, teaching and research include "imaging", "adult congenital heart disease", "hypertrophic cardiomyopathies", "valvularheartdisease", "pericardial diseases", "marfan disease and aortopathies" and "diastolic heart failure".
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