Understanding Heart Valve Disease: Your Questions Answered

On National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, a panel of Stony Brook Heart Institute physician experts will answer your questions* about risk factors, recognizing symptoms and getting timely treatment. As many as 11 million Americans have heart valve disease and approximately 25,000 people die from the disorder each year, yet three out of four of us report knowing little to nothing about valve disease. The good news is that valve disease can usually be successfully treated in patients of all ages. #ValveDiseaseDay #ListenToYourHeart If you have questions, please enter them in the comments section (or submit anonymously here: https://bit.ly/sbmlivestream), and our experts will do their best to address them all throughout our live broadcast. Moderator: Henry J. Tannous, MD Co-Director, Stony Brook Heart Institute Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery Surgical Director, Structural Heart Program General T.F. Cheng Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Panelists: Smadar Kort, MD, FACC, FASE, FAHA Director, Valve Center Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging Director, Echocardiography Stony Brook Heart Institute Professor of Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Past Governor, American College of Cardiology, Downstate New York Associate Professor of Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Puja B. Parikh, MD, MPH Interventional Cardiologist Director, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Program Associate Professor of Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Jonathan D. Price, MD Cardiothoracic Surgeon Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Robert T. Pyo, MD Director, Interventional Cardiology Medical Director, Structural Heart Program Associate Professor, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Jonathan B. Weinstein, DO Interventional Cardiologist, North Suffolk Cardiology Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University