Current status and etiology of valvular heart disease in China: a population-based survey

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Authors

Ying Yang · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Zengwu Wang · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Zuo Chen · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Xin Wang · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Linfeng Zhang · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Suning Li · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Abstract

In China, rheumatic heart disease was still the major cause of the VHD, with a significant increase in degenerative heart disease. Age and hypertension are important and easily identifiable markers of VHD.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Coronary Artery Anomalies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 339-339

DOI: 10.1186/s12872-021-02154-8

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