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Your body has four heart valves: the aortic, pulmonary, mitral and tricuspid. In a healthy heart, the four valves work as gatekeepers, letting blood flow in and out of your heart in the right direction. Heart valve disease is when one or more of those valves doesn’t open or close correctly.

Our Approach to Heart Valve Disease 

There can be a number of reasons why a heart valve isn’t working properly, and those reasons don’t discriminate by age—some people are born with a heart valve defect.  

Other causes include: 

  • Changes in the heart valve structure due to aging 
  • Coronary artery disease and heart attack 
  • Heart valve infection 
  • Birth defects 
  • Syphilis 

Mild heart valve disease may not cause any symptoms, but more serious cases may require medical or surgical intervention by a Cooper and Inspira Cardiac Care cardiologist.  

To learn more about our heart services available in South Jersey, call 833-SJHEART or visit cardiacpartners.org.

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