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Heart valve disease occurs if one or more of your heart valves don't work well. The heart has four valves—the tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, and aortic valves—that make sure blood flows in the right direction through your heart’s four chambers and to the rest of your body.

February 7-14 is Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week. People with congenital heart defects (CHD) are now living longer, healthier lives. Read below for one man’s story of living with a CHD.

Monitor and control your solitary kidney function with urine and blood tests, imaging, blood pressure control, diet, and injury prevention.