Heart valve disease is a heart disease caused by stenosis or (and) insufficient closure of heart valves due to a variety of reasons, which can lead to structural changes and malfunction of the heart, and ultimately arrhythmia and heart failure and other manifestations.
Common causes of heart valve disease include inflammation, mucoid degeneration, degeneration, and ischemic necrosis, with rheumatic inflammation leading to valve damage, i.e., rheumatic heart disease, being the most common in our country, followed by senile degenerative valvular disease and mucoid degeneration. Valves with cumulative lesions of two or more valves are called combined valvular disease. There is also a proportion of patients with congenital heart valve disease, which is a disease caused by heart valve dysplasia.
Mild cases of heart valve disease may have no obvious symptoms, while more severe cases may have coughing, hemoptysis, dyspnea, decreased activity tolerance, palpitations, angina, fainting, and even heart failure and arrhythmia (e.g., atrial fibrillation).
If the above symptoms occur, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for regular treatment.