{"id":29282,"date":"2020-02-17T11:55:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T18:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=29282"},"modified":"2023-06-23T10:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:46:40","slug":"signs-of-heart-valve-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/signs-of-heart-valve-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Five signs of heart valve disease: What is it and when do you need help?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_29285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29285\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29285\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/17115328\/older-woman-holding-chest-tiny.webp\" alt=\"Older woman holding chest \" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/17115328\/older-woman-holding-chest-tiny.webp 600w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/17115328\/older-woman-holding-chest-tiny-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/17115328\/older-woman-holding-chest-tiny-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/17115328\/older-woman-holding-chest-tiny-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>What is heart valve disease? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>UCHealth cardiac surgeon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/provider\/peter-walinsky-md-thoracic-and-cardiac-surgery\/\">Dr. Peter Walinsky<\/a> says heart valve disease occurs when a heart valve narrows, blocking the flow of blood from your heart to your body, or the valve leaks because it does not close tightly. Eventually, valve disease limits how much blood the heart can pump. Over time, the heart muscle can weaken and if left untreated, the risk of death and the need for hospitalization increases.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>5 signs of heart valve disease include: <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chest pain<\/li>\n<li>Shortness of breath<\/li>\n<li>Passing out<\/li>\n<li>Fatigue<\/li>\n<li>Exercise intolerance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Important to know<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Consider the numbers:<\/p>\n<p>In people over age 70, more than 10% have moderate or severe heart valve disease. This is an independent risk factor for major morbidity and mortality. In the case of severe aortic valve stenosis, half of symptomatic patients will die within two years. Nearly all those patients could be saved with surgery.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is heart valve disease hard to diagnose?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt does not come on overnight,\u2019\u2019 Walinsky said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the reasons why heart valve disease is so difficult to diagnose. It\u2019s very insidious. Most of the people who have it are older. They think they are just slowing down. It\u2019s important for patients to ask their doctor to put a stethoscope on them and listen to their heart,\u2019\u2019 Walinsky said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is heart valve disease? UCHealth cardiac surgeon Dr. Peter Walinsky says heart valve disease occurs when a heart valve narrows, blocking the flow of blood from your heart to your body, or the valve leaks because it does not close tightly. Eventually, valve disease limits how much blood the heart can pump. 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