Tens of thousands of people in the UK with a silent heart condition could die over the next five years, analysis has found.
Research carried out by the NHS has estimated that there are 300,000 people that will be unable to get a diagnosis and treatment for aortic valve stenosis (AVS).
The condition occurs when the heart’s main value stiffens and narrows, which blocks blood flow into the main artery - the aorta, and the rest of the body.Population data from 2019 found that the condition affects around 3.5 per cent of people over 75 and 1.5 per cent of people over 55.
Many of these people will be undiagnosed with the condition, with symptoms only developing when the disease advances. The BMJ estimated that without treatment, 59 per cent of those people in the UK with the condition will die between now and 2024, the Mirror reports.
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