Study participants will be prospectively recruited from consecutive outpatient and inpatient populations presenting to the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Departments of the following participating institutions: The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, and \[add additional participating institutions as applicable\].
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,300
All patients in the case group undergo transthoracic echocardiography to assess valvular structure and function, which is the core diagnostic intervention for valvular lesions.
Diagnostic Accuracy (Sensitivity and Specificity) of the Novel Assay for Valvular Heart Disease
Demonstrates the diagnostic detection performance of the novel assay in identifying patients with valvular heart disease, measured by sensitivity and specificity against the reference standard .This outcome reflects the assay's ability to detect valvular lesions across 24 distinct subtypes.
Time frame: Baseline (At the time of initial diagnostic testing)
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