Valvular Heart Disease

While most cases of valvular disease in the United States were at one time due to rheumatic heart disease (still true in developing countries), other causes are now more common. The typical findings of each lesion are described in Table 10-1.

 

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Revision date: June 11, 2011
Last revised: by Amalia K. Gagarina, M.S., R.D.