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– Data to Be Presented at 2022 ACC Annual Meeting Demonstrate Valve Disease is More Common in Women in the US –
– Other Key Findings Suggest Tricuspid and Mitral Regurgitation Have Highest Prevalence Rates; Severe Mitral Regurgitation Diagnosed More Frequently in Centers Offering Percutaneous Mitral Therapies –
egnite, Inc., an advanced technology digital health company focused on providing artificial intelligence solutions to help hospitals identify and manage their most at-risk cardiac patients, today announced new data that have the potential to help the clinical community better understand the impact of valvular heart disease ( VHD) and the need for vigilance when screening and diagnosing patients. Results from the sponsored study, “Contemporary Prevalence of Valvular Heart Disease & Diagnostic Variability Across Centers,” have been published as an abstract in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) and will be presented at the American College of Cardiology 71st Annual Scientific Session (ACC.22) on April 3, 2022.
An analysis was performed on data from over 714,000 patients (represented by over 929,000 de-identified echocardiographic reports) at 35 community and academic programs across the US to evaluate the prevalence of aortic stenosis (AS), aortic regurgitation (AR), mitral stenosis ( MS), mitral regurgitation (MR), and tricuspid regurgitation (TR). The data were sourced from the CardioCare platform, which includes a large dataset of echocardiographic reports that can offer insights into contemporary structural heart disease diagnosis and management …
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