OxVALVE
The OxVALVE study is based in Oxfordshire in the UK. Our study has two aims: firstly, to identify people with Valvular Heart Disease and hence to establish its incidence within the population. Secondly, by further investigation we hope to develop improved treatment strategies for Valvular Heart Disease.
Information for Participants
The main purpose of the OxVALVE study is to identify people with previously undiagnosed Valvular Heart Disease (VHD), and hence to establish its prevalence within the population.
Read moreInformation for Health Professionals
Read moreWhat is valvular heart disease?
Valvular heart disease (VHD) is the name given to any malfunction or abnormality of one or more of the heart’s four valves. In a normally functioning heart, valves keep blood flowing in the right direction and entering or leaving the heart’s chambers only at the right time.
Read moreLatest Publications
Cardiac auscultation poorly predicts the presence of valvular heart disease in asymptomatic primary care patients.
Gardezi SKM. et al, (2018), Heart, 104, 1832 - 1835
The predictors and risk factors of atrial fibrillation in a population cohort and its association with valvular heart disease
Gardezi SKM. et al, (2018), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 39, 918 - 919
Cardiac auscultation in diagnosing valvular heart disease: a comparison between general practitioners and cardiologists
Gardezi SKM. et al, (2017), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 38, 1155 - 1155
Large-scale community echocardiographic screening reveals a major burden of undiagnosed valvular heart disease in older people: the OxVALVE Population Cohort Study.
d'Arcy JL. et al, (2016), Eur Heart J, 37, 3515 - 3522
GP AUSCULTATION FOR DIAGNOSING VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
Myerson S. et al, (2017), HEART, 103, A101 - A102
Contact Us
The OxVALVE Study
Rm B15
Level 0
Cardiac Investigations Annexe
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Oxford OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Tel: (01865) 228927
Fax (01865) 228989