How are heart diseases detected? What is the role of echocardiography? Should everyone aged 65 and over have a heart echo done? What is a transesophageal echo, when and why is this procedure performed? These are just some of the patients’ questions answered by experts during the third expert panel organized as part of the XNUMXnd Patient’s Heart Forum.
Heart defects are conditions characterized by an abnormal structure and function of the heart muscle. Contrary to birth defects, which develop in utero, acquired defects develop after the baby is born. The most common heart defects are a consequence of a history of endocarditis (also bacterial) or rheumatic ailments.
The most common acquired heart defects are mitral, tricuspid, aortic, and pulmonary valve stenosis.
- Aortic stenosis
During the third expert panel, which took place as part of the XNUMXnd Patient Heart Forum, organized by the Polish Cardiac Society, patients’ questions were answered by recognized Polish experts: prof. Edyta Płońska-Gościniak from the Pomeranian Medical University and prof. Marek Grygier from the Medical University of Poznań.
The panel was led by the President of the Polish Cardiac Society, prof. Adam Witkowski from the National Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw.
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