What is Aortic valve disease?

What is Aortic valve disease?

• Aortic valve disease: Disease of the heart's aortic valve.

Aortic valve disease: Introduction

Types of Aortic valve disease:

Types of Aortic valve disease:

• Aortic valve stenosis - narrowing of the aortic opening
• Aortic valve incompetence - leakage of blood back into the ventricle
• Combined aortic incompetence/stenosis
• more types...»

Broader types of Aortic valve disease:

• Artery conditions
• Heart conditions
• Aorta conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Aortic valve disease?

Complications of Aortic valve disease: see complications of Aortic valve disease

What causes Aortic valve disease?

Causes of Aortic valve disease: see causes of Aortic valve disease

What are the symptoms of Aortic valve disease?

Symptoms of Aortic valve disease: see symptoms of Aortic valve disease

Complications of Aortic valve disease: see complications of Aortic valve disease

Aortic valve disease: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Aortic valve disease.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Aortic valve disease.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Aortic valve disease: see treatments for Aortic valve disease
Research for Aortic valve disease: see research for Aortic valve disease

Society issues for Aortic valve disease

Hospitalization statistics for Aortic valve disease: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Aortic valve disease:

• 0.004% (567) of hospital consultant episodes were for rheumatic aortic valve diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 78% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic aortic valve diseases required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 56% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic aortic valve diseases were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 44% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic aortic valve diseases were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 12% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic aortic valve diseases required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 11.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for rheumatic aortic valve diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Aortic valve disease:

Organs and body systems related to Aortic valve disease include:

• Aorta
• Heart
• Aortic valve

Name of Aortic valve disease

Main name of condition: Aortic valve disease

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Aortic valve disease:

• Aortic valve replacement
• Aortic valve repair
• Aortic valve disease in children
• Ross operation
• Ross procedure
• Ross-Konno procedure
• Progressive stenosis
• Ventricular outflow tract obstruction
• Balloon aortic valvuloplasty
• Rheumatic aortic valve disease
• Aortic insufficiency
• Aortic valve endocarditis

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