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AbstractLimited information is available on the prevalence and clinical determinants of valvular heart disease (VHD) in apparently healthy people. This study sought to assess the frequency and clinical associating factors of aortic stenosis (AS), aortic regurgitation (AR), mitral stenosis (MS), mitral regurgitation (MR), tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in asymptomatic individuals with health check-up examination. We included 23,254 subjects ≥50 years of age who underwent a health check-up examination with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) between 2012 and 2016 in a single tertiary-care hospital in Korea. Among a total of 23,254 subjects, 15,358 men (66.0%) and 7,896 women (34.0%) underwent TTE. Newly identified (predominantly mild) VHD was detected in 9.4% of subjects. The most common VHD were TR (4.6%), AR (3.0%) and MR (2.4%). Clinically significant (more than moderate) VHD was identified in 176 subjects (0.8%). Age ≥75 years was associated with all clinically significant VHD, and female gender was associated with AR, MS and TR. Korea has been very active in the health check-up examination including echocardiography. We find that VHD in apparently healthy people is not uncommon than believed; all VHD except MS were more frequent in elderly over 75 years of age in a large population-based study.
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