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2. Valvular heart disease - Wikipedia

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   Valvular heart disease resulting from rheumatic fever is referred to as rheumatic heart disease. Acute rheumatic fever, which frequently manifests with carditis and valvulitis, [ 20 ] is a late sequela of Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus infection in the throat, often lagging the initial infection by weeks to months. [ 21 ]

3. 8 Common Cardiovascular Diseases for Men & How to ... - AOL

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   Valvular heart disease. ... The most common cause is coronary artery disease. Heart attacks are medical emergencies that require immediate medical attention, although some heart attacks can be ...

4. Cardiovascular Disease: What Women Need to Know - AOL

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   Valvular heart disease Your heart valves control the way blood flows in and out of your heart and through the four chambers of your heart. It affects about 2.5% of people in the United States.

5. Cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. [3] CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease ...

6. Mitral regurgitation - Wikipedia

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   Significant mitral valve regurgitation has a prevalence of approximately 2% of the population, affecting males and females equally. [26] It is one of the two most common valvular heart diseases in the elderly, [27] and the commonest type of valvular heart disease in low and middle income countries. [3]

7. Mitral stenosis - Wikipedia

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   Mitral stenosis is a valvular heart disease characterized by the narrowing of the opening of the mitral valve of the heart. [1] It is almost always caused by rheumatic valvular heart disease. Normally, the mitral valve is about 5 cm 2 during diastole. Any decrease in area below 2 cm 2 causes mitral stenosis. Early diagnosis of mitral stenosis ...

8. Mitral valve prolapse - Wikipedia

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   Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a valvular heart disease characterized by the displacement of an abnormally thickened mitral valve leaflet into the left atrium during systole. [4] It is the primary form of myxomatous degeneration of the valve. There are various types of MVP, broadly classified as classic and nonclassic.

9. List of circulatory system conditions - Wikipedia

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   This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion.. There are many conditions of or affecting the human circulatory system — the biological system that includes the pumping and channeling of blood to and from the body and lungs with heart, blood and blood vessels.