Senile valvular heart disease

Senile valvular heart disease, also known as senile degenerative valvular heart disease, senile calcific valvular heart disease, or senile cardiac calcification syndrome, refers to degenerative changes and fibrosis of cardiac valve connective tissue with advancing age on the basis of originally normal valves or mild valvular abnormalities, resulting in valve thickening, hardening, deformation, and calcium salt deposition, leading to valvular stenosis and/or insufficiency. This disease is a cardiovascular disease that seriously threatens the health of the elderly. Due to the lack of specific clinical manifestations, it is prone to missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis. Senile valvular heart disease is prone to complications such as arrhythmias, heart failure, calcific aortic insufficiency, calcific aortic stenosis, infective endocarditis, and cerebrovascular accidents.