Prevalence of asymptomatic valvular heart disease in the elderly population: a community-based echocardiographic study.
Vasiliki TsampasianCristian MilitaruSathish Kumar ParasuramanBrodie L LoudonCrystal LoweryAmelia RuddJanaki SrinivasanSatnam SinghGirish DwivediGnanadevan MahadavanDana K DawsonAllan ClarkVassilios S VassiliouMichael P FrenneauxPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2024)
Asymptomatic VHD is present in a significant proportion of otherwise healthy individuals without known VHD over 60 years old. Age is strongly associated with an increased incidence of significant VHD.