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Valvular Heart Disease

Valvular Heart Disease
 

1. Type:

 

 

 

Cardiac Valvular Stenosis

 

 

Cardiac Valvular Incompetence

 

2. Causes:

I.   Congenital

II.  Acquired

     Rheumatic Heart Disease

     Coronary Artery Disease

     DegenerationÆ

     Others 

3. Symptoms:

 

Shortness of breath

Ankle swelling

Fatigue

Irregular heart beat

 

4. Signs:

Pulmonary
edema

Heart
murmur

Ventricular thickening
/enlargement

Heart
failure

 

5. Management:

I. Medication

II. Cardiac catheterization

Valvuplasty 

III. Surgical treatment

Valvotomy / Valve replacement