Valvular Heart Disease In Women registry

The aim of this registry will be to examine gender differences in VHD from the time point of admission to the hospital (either elective or urgent admission) up to the first follow-up in an outpatient clinic. We will recruit both men and women in order to analyse the gender disparities. The primary objective is to compare gender in terms of management plan (intervention vs surgery). Secondary objectives are: to compare the time from diagnosis to care between two genders, to measure the time from symptom onset to presentation to the tertiary center and to compare gender in terms of procedural complications.

Aims

This is an observational, prospective, multicentric, international, non-commercial (non-profit) registry of patients with VHD.

From 1st March 2024 to 31st March 2025, all involved centres will collect demographic, clinical, laboratory and imaging data of patients with any VHD who present to the tertiary centre.

In each centre, a young physician and/or a valve CNS and/or a research assistant will recruit patients under the supervision of a senior.

Patients will be followed up from baseline admission to the tertiary centre up to six months follow up.

Contact

Associate Professor Julia Grapsa

Principal investigator

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Professor Ana Maria G Almeida

Principal Investigator

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