Heart Valve Voice Canada

05/08/2026

This Mother's Day, give yourself the gift of heart health. If you're 60+, ask for a stethoscope check at your next appointment. 🩺

Heart valve disease is treatable but it’s underdiagnosed and undertreated in women.

Common symptoms—shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, chest pain—are too often dismissed as normal aging. Valve disease can sometimes be asymptomatic.

Learn more about symptoms for heart valve disease here 👉 https://www.heartvalvevoice.ca/en/patient-journey/overview

05/05/2026

This week is Canadian Heart Failure Awareness Week. Valve disease can cause heart failure, so it's important to be aware of symptoms and treatments.

Learn what patients need to know in this article from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute: https://www.ottawaheart.ca/heart-condition/heart-failure

P.S. Our last newsletter shared what patients need to know about heart failure. Did you receive it? See the first comment to join 4,200 subscribers.

05/01/2026

On , we're thanking the physicians who listen to their patients' hearts with a stethoscope—the first step in early detection of heart valve disease.

Every heart valve disease diagnosis starts with someone who listened.

If you’re 60+ ask your health care provider for a stethoscope check. 🩺

Learn more at 👉 heartvalvevoice.ca

04/29/2026

5 reasons to open our latest newsletter for Canadians impacted by heart valve disease:

💚 Stephanie’s patient story: First valve replacement at 19
💚 Complications: What you should know about heart failure
💚 Research: Learn about clinical trials for patients at new portal
💚 Treatment news: New guidelines recommend earlier treatment
💚 Call for patient stories: Share yours to help other patients

Tap to read and join 4,200+ subscribers 👉 https://mailchi.mp/heartvalvevoice/newsletter-19884930

04/21/2026

Dean Snow was a Fredericton psychologist who’d worked with cardiovascular patients when he became a heart valve disease patient—for the third time.

Dean had his first open-heart surgery at 12. His second at 31, after contracting endocarditis, likely from a routine dental appointment. His third in his mid-50s, for an aortic aneurysm linked to the bicuspid valve he was born with.

After his second surgery, something unexpected happened. A heart patient told him, "All I think about is dying." In his mind, Dean thought: “Yeah. Me too.”

He knew what to do: he sought help, including enrolling in cardiac rehabilitation. "That ability to get your heart rate up, to have supervised exercise and get your confidence back… all that really helped me."

If you or someone you love has ever felt scared, anxious, or overwhelmed after a heart valve disease diagnosis or surgery, Dean's story is for you.

Read Dean's patient story 👉 https://www.heartvalvevoice.ca/en/patient-stories-collection/partpart-of-a-club-that-nobody-wants-to-join

04/20/2026

Heart Valve Voice Canada is powered by an extraordinary volunteer community. This National Volunteer Week, we’re celebrating and thanking Canadians who give their energy to causes that matter, including ours. 💚

Patients who bring lived experience to our advisory board, website content, policy conversations and research.

Clinicians who give their time and expertise to our community stethoscope events.

Partners who help us reach more Canadians.

Board members who keep patients at the centre of every decision.

Together, they represent the full spectrum of what it takes to move the needle on a condition that is rising yet seriously underrecognized in Canada.

This week, we say thank you to every one of our volunteers.

Their time, expertise, and commitment makes measurable progress possible on our mission to improve awareness, early detection and patient outcomes. 🙏

Learn more at HeartValveVoice.ca

04/17/2026

Three stats that might surprise you about heart valve disease:

FACTS
📊 More than 1 million Canadians have heart valve disease
📊 Research estimates that 1.5 million Canadians over 65 will have valve disease by 2040
📊 Only 7% of Canadians are concerned about heart valve disease

Heart valve disease has been called the next cardiac epidemic. Awareness hasn't kept pace.

But here's the thing: it is treatable. And the earlier it's caught, the better for patient health outcomes.

Know the signs. Ask for a stethoscope check.

Find patient resources and stories at www.HeartValveVoice.ca

Will 5 people share this post to help more Canadians know about heart valve disease and the importance of early detection? ❤️

04/13/2026

Our bimonthly newsletter is trusted by 4,200+ Canadians who want practical patient info about heart valve disease.

Tap to subscribe 👉 https://www.heartvalvevoice.ca/

From pre-diagnosis through treatment and recovery, we connect you to the information & resources you need on your journey with heart valve disease.

04/08/2026

When was the last time a healthcare provider listened to your heart?

Join us for a free stethoscope check event in Quebec City on April 9.

🩺A healthcare provider will listen for a heart murmur—often the first sign of heart valve disease.
💡Valve disease is serious but treatable.
👉Click to register: https://www.iucpq.ca/clinique-mobile-de-depistage-cardiaque-a-linstitut-reservez-votre-place/

Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec-UL


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Écoutez votre cœur et offrez-vous un moment pour votre santé.

L'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, en collaboration avec Heart Valve Voice Canada / Une Voie aux maladies valvulaires cardiaques, vous invite à participer à une clinique de dépistage des maladies valvulaires cardiaques entièrement gratuite.

L’activité permet un dépistage rapide et accessible de maladies cardiaques qui peuvent parfois évoluer sans symptômes.

Clinique mobile de dépistage cardiaque à l’Institut : réservez votre place 👉 https://www.iucpq.ca/clinique-mobile-de-depistage-cardiaque-a-linstitut-reservez-votre-place/

Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec-UL

04/07/2026

If you’re over 60, you’re most at risk for heart valve disease. When was the last time a healthcare provider listened to your heart?

If you're not sure, it’s worth asking for a stethoscope check.

Heart valve disease may not have any symptoms. Or you may have vague symptoms like fatigue or shortness of breath.

Listening for a heart murmur is the crucial first step in early detection for heart valve disease, which is serious, and can be fatal, but is treatable.

At our community events earlier this year, 1 in 8 Canadians who got checked had a heart murmur detected.

A murmur isn't a diagnosis, but it may prompt important follow-up testing. Without that check, valve disease can go unnoticed and untreated.

If you’re 60+, or have symptoms, this , we have one simple invitation:

🩺 Ask your healthcare provider to listen to your heart at your next visit.

It takes about 30 seconds. It could save your life. ❤️

Will 5 people share this post to spread the word?

Learn more: https://www.heartvalvevoice.ca

From pre-diagnosis through treatment and recovery, we connect you to the information & resources you need on your journey with heart valve disease.

04/02/2026

When you were diagnosed with heart valve disease, did you know anyone who’d already been through it?

Most people don’t. That’s why we share patient stories, providing the patient’s perspective: what to expect, what helped, what you wish you'd known.

If you’ve been treated for heart valve disease, will you share your story for someone else to learn from?

Whatever your diagnosis or treatment, your experience is what someone newly diagnosed needs to read right now. ❤️

Share your story 👉https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefM88i98YYVHjtKsUVbTX3mHYj4gmdNuPaKgMn0m7GIBKMuA/viewform