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New findings about the causes of heart valve disease may lead to new treatments. 
 
Studies show that the valves are damaged by a chronic inflammatory process which causes them to stiffen and even produce cartilage. A high fat diet is just one of the risk factors that leads to this process. 
 
Rabbit studies show that treatment with cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may reverse the effect. 
 
Diseased heart valves lead to many conditions such as strokes, heart failure, irregular heartbeat and even sudden death. Current standard treatment involves major open-heart surgery.

Statins show promise as an aid in controlling heart valve disease

Chicago Tribune - 4/12/2006 6:16 AM

Heart valve disease, which leads to 100,000 open heart surgeries a year in the U.S., may be preventable, according to research conducted at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
 
Long thought to be the result of wear and tear, for which surgery was the only remedy, heart valve disease now appears to be caused by a potentially reversible chronic inflammatory process, said Dr. Nalini Rajamannan, director of the hospital's center for heart valve disease in the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
 
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