Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is pleased to announce more services within the Valve Center. The Valve Center allows Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center to better serve the community by uniting interventional cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons to evaluate and treat structural heart disease, and complex heart valve disorders through a multidisciplinary approach all in one place.
The Valve Center evaluates the extent of heart valve disease and recommends options for treatment. These options may include minimally invasive procedures which may reduce pain and recovery time, allowing patients to get back to their lives sooner.
The Valve Center sees a variety of patients including those with heart murmurs, narrowed or leaking cardiac valves, and patients with disorders affecting cardiac chamber structure or function. Patients may experience symptoms differently depending on severity and the type of heart valve disease, but they can include: chest pain, irregular heartbeat, fatigue, dizziness, low or high blood pressure, swelling in the ankles or shortness of breath. A doctor’s diagnosis is essential because heart valve disease may masquerade as another medical conditions.
