Definition and RiskValvular heart disease is a common kind of heart diseases. It refers to refers to heart valve diseases due to series of reasons, including rheumatic fever, mucus degeneration, degenerative changes, congenital malformations, ischemic necrosis, infection and trauma. The lesion could be in the mitral valve, tricuspid valve, aortic valve or pulmonary valve. The valve leaflet, chordae tendineae and papillary muscles and/or the surrounding tissues could be involved. Those anatomical or functional abnormalities could result in single or multiple valves stenosis and/or in...
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