Structural heart disease

Last revised by Joachim Feger on 17 Dec 2021

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Citation:

Feger J, Murphy A, Structural heart disease. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-88065

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-88065

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/88065

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88065

Article created:

24 Mar 2021, Joachim Feger ◉

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Last revised:

17 Dec 2021, Joachim Feger ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Joachim Feger had no recorded disclosures.

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4 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Cardiac

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Structural heart disease refers to any non-coronary congenital or acquired cardiac defect in a broad sense. In a narrower sense, it refers to any type of non-coronary heart disease for which there are therapeutic percutaneous interventional or catheter-based options available.

Typical examples of structural heart disease include the following ^1,2:

History and etymology

The term structural heart disease was coined by the cardiologist Martin Leon in 1999 ²after such techniques have already existed for almost half a century ².