Health News You Can Use: Heart Valve Disease

The human heart has four valves and keeping them healthy is crucial. Heart valve disease, which can develop quickly or over a long period of time, affects more than five million people in the United States.

This week we are talking to Dr. Adnan Chhatriwalla, interventional cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, about symptoms of heart valve disease, treatment, and keys to long-term heart health.

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