Valvular Heart Disease
Conditions
Brief summary
Study participants will be prospectively recruited from consecutive outpatient and inpatient populations presenting to the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Departments of the following participating institutions: The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, and \[add additional participating institutions as applicable\].
Interventions
All patients in the case group undergo transthoracic echocardiography to assess valvular structure and function, which is the core diagnostic intervention for valvular lesions.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* \- Aged ≥ 18 years. * For the case group: Presence of valvular lesions confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography. * For the control group: Normal cardiac valves and no evidence of other cardiovascular diseases confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography. * Ability to undergo and complete speckle tracking echocardiography.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who are unwilling to participate in this study. * Patients with a known allergy to the electrode patches or medical adhesive tapes used in this study. * Patients who are unable to cooperate with the completion of required examinations. * Patients with incomplete clinical or imaging data that cannot be supplemented.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic Accuracy (Sensitivity and Specificity) of the Novel Assay for Valvular Heart Disease | Baseline (At the time of initial diagnostic testing) | Demonstrates the diagnostic detection performance of the novel assay in identifying patients with valvular heart disease, measured by sensitivity and specificity against the reference standard .This outcome reflects the assay's ability to detect valvular lesions across 24 distinct subtypes. |