Valvular Heart Disease

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Valvular heart disease occurs when one or more heart valves fail to open or close properly, disrupting normal blood flow and potentially affecting cardiac function. This course explores heart valve disease symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and prevention, supporting understanding of effective cardiovascular care.

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Valvular Heart Disease

Learning Outcomes

What you'll learn

  • Define valvular heart disease and explain how valve abnormalities affect normal cardiac blood flow.
  • Identify common symptoms and signs of heart valve disease, including heart murmurs, chest pain, breathlessness, fatigue, and oedema.
  • Describe the major causes and risk factors associated with valvular heart disease, including ageing, infection, heart conditions, and genetic factors.
  • Explain how valvular heart disease is diagnosed, including clinical assessment and appropriate diagnostic investigations.
  • Outline available treatment and prevention strategies, including medicines, valve repair or replacement, lifestyle changes, and management of complications.

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Training Overview

  • Understanding Heart Valve Disease
  • Signs and Symptoms of Heart Valve Disease
  • Causes and Risk Factors of Heart Valve Disease
  • Clinical Assessment and When to Seek Medical Care
  • Diagnosis and Investigations for Heart Valve Disease
  • Treatment and Management of Heart Valve Disease
  • Prevention and Healthy Lifestyle Measures
  • Complications Associated with Heart Valve Disease
  • Summary
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Frequently asked questions

Valvular heart disease occurs when one or more heart valves do not open or close properly, disrupting normal blood flow. Types include stenosis, regurgitation and atresia.

Common heart valve disease symptoms include a heart murmur, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, fainting, irregular heartbeat and swollen ankles or feet.

Causes of heart valve disease include ageing, congenital abnormalities, endocarditis, rheumatic fever, heart conditions and genetic factors.

Heart valve disease diagnosis may involve examination, ECG, echocardiogram, X-ray or CT. Treatment can include medicines, valve repair, replacement or TAVI.

Heart valve disease prevention includes regular physical activity, a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, quitting smoking, limiting alcohol and getting enough sleep.