What is aortic valve disorder?

The heart's aortic valve is located between and controls the flow of blood from the left ventricle and the aorta. Aortic disorders include stenosis or narrowing of the valve and regurgitation of blood due to incompetence of the valve.

How do members experience aortic valve disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with aortic valve disorder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for aortic valve disorder*

*Data from patients with aortic valve disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with aortic valve disorder*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
aortic valve disorder (1)

*Data from patients with aortic valve disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has aortic valve disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 3
30s 15
40s 19
50s 35
60s 60
70+ 97

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 111
Female 111

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What is aortic valve disorder?

The heart's aortic valve is located between and controls the flow of blood from the left ventricle and the aorta. Aortic disorders include stenosis or narrowing of the valve and regurgitation of blood due to incompetence of the valve.



Common symptoms reported by people with aortic valve disorder

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for aortic valve disorder

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Type
Surgery
How many have tried
51
Tried for
aortic valve disorder (1)

Data from patients with aortic valve disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with aortic valve disorder

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
aortic valve disorder (1)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with aortic valve disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has aortic valve disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 91 say aortic valve disorder is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 3
30s 15
40s 19
50s 35
60s 60
70+ 97
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 4
20-29 years 3
30-39 years 7
40-49 years 16
50-59 years 15
60-69 years 10
70+ years 8

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 111
Female 111

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 109
Not Diagnosed 0

These charts show data from aortic valve disorder patients who have completed their condition history
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